2009 Audie Award winner, Literary Fiction. The classic portrait of a 1920s silver-tongued evangelist who rises to power within his church. But this saver of souls lives a life of sensuality and ruthless self-indulgence. One of the most penetrating studies of hypocrisy in modern literature. Burt Lancaster and Shirley Jones won Oscars for the 1960 movie. First published in 1927. "Heald's pacing, his accents, his narrative drive are all excellent."—AudioFile