They Call Me Carpenter (A Tale of the Second Coming)
First published 1922 · English · 200 pages
- Novels
They Call Me Carpenter imagines Christ returning to a modern American city. A humble carpenter appears among crowds, churchgoers, police and the wealthy, and is met with confusion, suspicion and hostility. Through this fantasy Sinclair questions whether modern society really lives by the teachings it professes. It is a short, provocative social fable.