The plot ofGen­tle­man’s Agree­ment con­cerns the expe­ri­ences of a young Gen­tile writer who pos­es as a Jew in order to secure mate­r­i­al on anti-Semi­tism for a series of mag­a­zine arti­cles. A the­sis nov­el con­cern­ing the social and eco­nom­ic aspects of anti­semitism in Amer­i­can life. Time­ly when issued in 1947-time­ly today. Num­ber one posi­tion on the New York Times Best Sell­er List for five straight months in 1947. Film ver­sion cho­sen as Best Pic­ture of the Year by the New York Film Crit­ics Cir­cle. ​“If a mas­ter­ful work of art is one which probes deep into the con­scious­ness of the behold­er to cre­ate a last­ing impres­sion and to forge and refine the high­er human impuls­es, then Gen­tle­man’s Agree­ment deserves such a descrip­tion. It is a rare com­bi­na­tion of absorb­ing sto­ry and state­ment of a cur­rent prob­lem.” — The Indi­anapo­lis Star