About the book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The chilling bestselling alternate history novel of what happens to one family when America elects a charismatic, isolationist president whose government embraces a folksy anti-Semitism—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral.
“A terrific political novel.... Sinister, vivid, dreamlike...You turn the pages, astonished and frightened.” —The New York Times Book Review
In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the 1940 presidential election to heroic aviator and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh. Shortly thereafter, Lindbergh negotiates a cordial \"understanding\" with Adolf Hitler, while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism.
Editions of The Plot Against America
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781400096442
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780593310885
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781400079490
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The chilling bestselling alternate history novel of what happens to one family when America elects a charismatic, isolationist president whose government embraces a folksy anti-Semitism—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral.
“A terrific political novel.... Sinister, vivid, dreamlike...You turn the pages, astonished and frightened.” —The New York Times Book Review
In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the 1940 presidential election to heroic aviator and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh. Shortly thereafter, Lindbergh negotiates a cordial \"understanding\" with Adolf Hitler, while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism.
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What is The Plot Against America about?
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The chilling bestselling alternate history novel of what happens to one family when America elects a charismatic, isolationist president whose government embraces a folksy anti-Semitism—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral.
“A terrific political novel.... Sinister, vivid, dreamlike...You turn the pages, astonished and frightened.” —The New York Times Book Review
In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the 1940 presidential election to heroic aviator and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh. Shortly thereafter, Lindbergh negotiates a cordial \"understanding\" with Adolf Hitler, while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Plot Against America?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Where can I read a sample of The Plot Against America?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781400096442
Is The Plot Against America part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Vintage International
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Plot Against America?
Philip Roth
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The Plot Against America is available as paperback(ISBN 9781400096442) and paperback(ISBN 9780593310885) and paperback(ISBN 9781400079490)
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