The Plot Against America

No cover

Philip Roth: The Plot Against America (Paperback, 2020, Vintage International)

Paperback, 391 pages

English language

Published Feb. 19, 2020 by Vintage International.

ISBN:
978-0-593-31088-5
Copied ISBN!
OCLC Number:
1142109263

View on OpenLibrary

3 stars (2 reviews)

In an astonishing feat of narrative invention, our most ambitious novel- ist imagines an alternate version of American history. In 1940 Charles A. Lindberoh, 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. --back cover

24 editions

Review of 'La Conjura Contra America / The Plot Against America' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I never really engaged with this book. Even when I find the premise really interesting and I can find similarities with today development of politics. The author insists on telling side stories when you are in a very intense moment. I kept wondering "why is he telling me this now?". The end is abrupt and everything is solved in the best possible way almost magically.

avatar for JesseLiberty

rated it

3 stars