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...the unfolding of the unforeseen was everything. Turned wrong way round, the relentless unforeseen was what we schoolchildren studied as 'History', harmless history, where everything unexpected in its own time is chronicled on the page as inevitable. The terror of the unforeseen is what the science of history hides, turning a disaster into an epic.
When the renowned aviation hero and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt by a landslide inthe1940 presidential election, fear invaded every Jewish household in America. Not only had Lindbergh publicly blamed the Jews for pushing America towards a pointless war with Nazi Germany, but, upon taking office as the 33rd president of the United States, he negotiated a cordial 'understanding' with Adolf Hitler.
What then followed in America is the historical setting for this startling new novel by Pulitzer-prize winner Philip Roth, who recounts what it was like for his Newark family during the menacing years of the Lindbergh presidency, when American citizens who happened to be Jews had every reason to expect the worst.
'A dark, humane masterpiece, Roth is at the peak of his powers'The Times
'Another frighteningly intense performance'Sunday Telegraph
'The word genius doesn't seem excessive...The Plot Against Americacreates its reality magisterially, in long, fluid sentences that carry you beyond scepticism'Guardian
Book details
- Format:Paperback
- Pages:400 Pages
- Dimensions:198 x 130 x 26 mm
- Publication date:06 October 2005
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Language:English
- ISBN10:0099478560
- ISBN-13:9780099478560
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