The Plot Against America
Recommended by Daniel Pink, Nate Bowling (Is Thankful For A/c), Steven Amsterdam, and 4 others. See all reviewsRanked #5 in Alternate History, Ranked #12 in Fascism — see more rankings.
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. more
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Nate Bowling (Is Thankful For A/c) @Sifill_LDF @soledadobrien The first and best Philip Roth book I read was called "The Plot Against America." It's wild as hell to watch it unfold IRL. https://t.co/ZWLkHjs5a2 https://t.co/shcD2kJ3Zi (Source)
Steven Amsterdam The best way to tell stories of horrific times is not through the central players amassing power, but through the lives of the people off to the side, simply trying to survive. (Source)
Sam Bourne Roth’s what if? in this book is imagining that Roosevelt is no longer president, and Charles Lindbergh, an isolationist and anti-war politician, is president instead. So the idea is, What if America had stayed out of the war and was morally on the wrong side? (Source)
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