Elmer Gantry Author:Lewis, Sinclair ELMER GANTRY is a fiery novel about a golden-tongued evangelist who rises to power within his church - a saver of souls who lives a life of hypocrisy, sensuality, and ruthless self-indulgence. — ELMER GANTRY is one of Sinclair Lewis's bitterest and most brilliant books. It is a novel that scandalized the generation in which it was written, causin... more »g Lewis to be "invited" to a jail cell in New Hampshire, and, in Virginia, to his own lynching. Today it is universally recognized as a landmark in American literature.« less