The Plot Against America

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Alternate history exploring American fascism under Lindbergh.

If alt-history fascinates you, Roth's book will be an engrossing experience. It's not just a "what if" scenario; it's an uneasy journey through an America that could have been, shadowed by anti-Semitism and extremism. Reading this, you might find yourself appreciative of the trajectory history actually took, while being unsettled by the knowledge that the seeds of a darker path were always present.

  • Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2005)
  • WH Smith Literary Award (2005)
  • James Fenimore Cooper Prize (2005)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2004)
  • Tähtivaeltaja Award Nominee (2006)
  • Sidewise Award for Long Form (2004)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Plot Against America

Regular price $11.90
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$10.71 Thryft Club Member Price
ISBN: 9781400096435
Authors: Philip Roth
Publisher: Random House
Date of Publication: 2004-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.8
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In an astonishing feat of 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. For one boy growing up in Newark, Lindbergh's election is the first in a series of ruptures that threatens to destroy his small, safe corner of America -- and with it, his mother, his father, and his older brother.
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Alternate history exploring American fascism under Lindbergh.

If alt-history fascinates you, Roth's book will be an engrossing experience. It's not just a "what if" scenario; it's an uneasy journey through an America that could have been, shadowed by anti-Semitism and extremism. Reading this, you might find yourself appreciative of the trajectory history actually took, while being unsettled by the knowledge that the seeds of a darker path were always present.

  • Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2005)
  • WH Smith Literary Award (2005)
  • James Fenimore Cooper Prize (2005)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2004)
  • Tähtivaeltaja Award Nominee (2006)
  • Sidewise Award for Long Form (2004)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.