REVIEW: The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth Publishing information; Paperback; 391 pgs Publisher: Vintage; 5 Oct 2004 ISBN: 9781400079490 Standalone Copy: Out of pocket Reviewer; Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "In an astonishing feat of narrative invention, our most ambitious novelist imagines an alternate version of American history. In 1940 Charles A. Lindbergh, 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." The Plot Against America came to my attention when the 2017 Presidential Election came to a close as it was recommended on many different reading lists. The plot sounded interesting so I took a ch...