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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100451465644
ISBN-139780451465641
eBay Product ID (ePID)167599459
Product Key Features
Book TitleIt Can't Happen Here
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Literary, Political, Historical
Publication Year2014
GenreFiction
AuthorSinclair Lewis
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight7.9 Oz
Item Length7.5 in
Item Width4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Written at white heat."-- Chicago Tribune "Not only [Lewis's] most important book but one of the most important books ever produced in this country."-- The New Yorker
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Afterword byScharnhorst, Gary
Dewey Decimal813/.52
Synopsis"The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump's authoritarian appeal."--Salon It Can't Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis's later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt , and Arrowsmith . A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitler's aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, sex, crime, and a liberal press. Called "a message to thinking Americans" by the Springfield Republican when it was published in 1935, It Can't Happen Here is a shockingly prescient novel that remains as fresh and contemporary as today's news. With an Introduction by Michael Meyer and an Afterword by Gary Scharnhorst