The Plot Against America

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'Magnificent. Roth is writing the best books of his life. He captures betterthan anyone the collision of public and priváté, the intrusion of history into the skin, the pores, of every individual alive' Guardian 'Subtle, persuasive and unsettling. A brilliantly troubling and heartening növel' Sunday Times When the renowned aviation hero and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt by a landslide in the 1940 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 thirty-third president of the United States, he negotiated a cordial 'understanding' with Adolf Hitler. Whatthen followed is the historical setting for this startiing new book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Philip Roth, who recounts what it was like for his Newark family - and for a millión such families all over the country - during the menacing... Tovább

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'Magnificent. Roth is writing the best books of his life. He captures betterthan anyone the collision of public and priváté, the intrusion of history into the skin, the pores, of every individual alive' Guardian 'Subtle, persuasive and unsettling. A brilliantly troubling and heartening növel' Sunday Times When the renowned aviation hero and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt by a landslide in the 1940 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 thirty-third president of the United States, he negotiated a cordial 'understanding' with Adolf Hitler. Whatthen followed is the historical setting for this startiing new book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Philip Roth, who recounts what it was like for his Newark family - and for a millión such families all over the country - during the menacing years of the Lindbergh presidency, when American citizens who happened to be Jews had every reason to expect the worst. 'Dazzling. The most exciting novelist writing today' Independent on Sunday 'Untouchable...he is bequeathing us a body of work that adds up to the most accomplished dissection of American political, social and personal móres' Observer Vissza