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The Plot Against America

The Plot Against America (Vintage International)

by Philip Roth

In an astonishing feat of empathy and narrative invention, our most ambitious novelist imagines an alternate version of American history.
In 1940 Charles A. Lindbergh, heroic aviator and rabid isolationist, is elected President. Shortly thereafter, he negotiates a cordial “understanding” with Adolf Hitler, while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism.... (more)

Top tags: fiction,  world war ii,  historical fiction,  jewish,  alternate history (all tags)

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Robephiles
  • Rated 4 stars

“Well, I was going to write a short plesant review but then I read some of other people's reviews that are either complaining that the novel is neither a thriller nor a science fiction novel or making vaguely antisemitic remarks (even people who like it!)

This book is an alternate history take on the author's own childhood where he imagines what life might have been like for him and his family had Charles Linbergh become President and The United States never entered World War...”

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JESSICA
  • Rated 1 stars

“Not my cup of tea but an interesting story line of what America would be like if we had a different president.”

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  • Rated 3.5 stars
  

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