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This book was too close for comfort in these times. A president who becomes a dictator had many parallels to our present world. Not an easy read, as it takes place in the 1930s, but many of the themes, such as the removal of press freedom, the president's private militia, people escaping to Canada, cult-like devotion, racism, misogyny, etc., are familiar. The best example, with 1984, of not learning from the past.
“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—Salon
It Can’t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis’s later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America.
Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitler’s aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, sex, crime, and a liberal press.
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
As in last year's Hum we are in the dystopean near future as seen through the eyes of a 10 year old girl. I found this United States where those of European heritage have 3/5 voting rights, where girls and women crossing state lines have to test that they are not pregnant, scarily prescient. Vera's everyday childhood concerns compete with her overriding obession to find her birth mother. The book is not all gloom and doom and through Vera's eyes there is room for humor and hope for her future.
'A novel you can read in one sitting that will stay with you forever' Karen Russell 'Very funny, very sad, very sharp, and completely delightful' Elif Batuman 'A classic American road adventure. Gary Shteyngart keeps getting better' Literary Review 'Genius... A miracle' Washington Post 'Pull up a beach chair: The book of the summer is here... A poignant Harriet the Spy-esque delight' People
The Bradford-Shmulkin family is falling apart. A very modern blend of Russian, Jewish, Korean, and New England WASP, they love each other deeply but the pressures of life in an unstable America are fraying their bonds. There's…
