The Plot Against AmericaThe Plot Against America
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In a novel of alternative history, aviation hero and isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeats Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election, negotiating a cordial accord with Adolf Hitler, accepting his conquest of Europe and anti-Semitic policies, and igniting a storm of fear for Jewish families throughout America. 150,000 first printing.
Soon to be an HBO Miniseries from executive producer David Simon
&;A masterwork of counterfactual history.&;&;The New Yorker
Philip Roth's bestselling alternate history&;the chilling story of what happens to one family when America elects a charismatic, isolationist president&;is soon to be an HBO limited series.
 
In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the 1940 presidential election to heroic aviator and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh. Shortly thereafter, Lindbergh negotiates a cordial &;understanding&; with Adolf Hitler, while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism.
 
For one boy growing up in Newark, Lindbergh&;s election is the first in a series of ruptures that threaten to destroy his small, safe corner of America&;and with it, his mother, his father, and his older brother.
"A terrific political novel . . . Sinister, vivid, dreamlike . . . creepily plausible. . . You turn the pages, astonished and frightened.&; &; The New York Times Book Review
Philip Roth's bestselling alternate history'the chilling story of what happens to one family when America elects a charismatic, isolationist president'is soon to be an HBO limited series.
In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the 1940 presidential election to heroic aviator and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh. Shortly thereafter, Lindbergh negotiates a cordial 'understanding' with Adolf Hitler, while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism.
For one boy growing up in Newark, Lindbergh's election is the first in a series of ruptures that threaten to destroy his small, safe corner of America'and with it, his mother, his father, and his older brother.
"A terrific political novel . . . Sinister, vivid, dreamlike . . . creepily plausible. . . You turn the pages, astonished and frightened.' ' The New York Times Book Review
Soon to be an HBO Miniseries from executive producer David Simon
'A masterwork of counterfactual history.''The New Yorker
Soon to be an HBO Miniseries from executive producer David Simon
&;A masterwork of counterfactual history.&;&;The New Yorker
Philip Roth's bestselling alternate history&;the chilling story of what happens to one family when America elects a charismatic, isolationist president&;is soon to be an HBO limited series.
 
In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the 1940 presidential election to heroic aviator and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh. Shortly thereafter, Lindbergh negotiates a cordial &;understanding&; with Adolf Hitler, while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism.
 
For one boy growing up in Newark, Lindbergh&;s election is the first in a series of ruptures that threaten to destroy his small, safe corner of America&;and with it, his mother, his father, and his older brother.
"A terrific political novel . . . Sinister, vivid, dreamlike . . . creepily plausible. . . You turn the pages, astonished and frightened.&; &; The New York Times Book Review
Philip Roth's bestselling alternate history'the chilling story of what happens to one family when America elects a charismatic, isolationist president'is soon to be an HBO limited series.
In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the 1940 presidential election to heroic aviator and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh. Shortly thereafter, Lindbergh negotiates a cordial 'understanding' with Adolf Hitler, while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism.
For one boy growing up in Newark, Lindbergh's election is the first in a series of ruptures that threaten to destroy his small, safe corner of America'and with it, his mother, his father, and his older brother.
"A terrific political novel . . . Sinister, vivid, dreamlike . . . creepily plausible. . . You turn the pages, astonished and frightened.' ' The New York Times Book Review
Soon to be an HBO Miniseries from executive producer David Simon
'A masterwork of counterfactual history.''The New Yorker
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