The Plot Against America (Hardcover) by Philip Roth

from stellarexplorer

I picked up this book after the 2016 election, with the vague notion that it might be timely, and might speak to the fear of authoritarian governance that the long campaign aroused. Naturally, the book had its own agenda, and had not set out explicitly to meet my own. I might have been satisfied ...

from charlie68

An intriguing story of alternative history that contemplates the what ifs of history. Made me check if Charles Lindbergh ever ran for president.

from whirled

Once again, Philip Roth explores an intriguing premise: what if isolationist and rumoured anti-Semite Charles Lindbergh had beaten Roosevelt in the 1940 US presidential election? He speculates with powerful insight about an America which is slowly, subtly becoming more hostile towards its Jewish ...

from technodiabla

Sadly I am giving up on [The Plot Against America]. I find the premise interesting and the writing flawless, yet I am totally unmotivated to finish reading this book. As a work of alternative history I find it pretty good in that it is non sensational; it is believable. That what makes it scary. ...

from mbergman

I'm not sure what to think of this book. It's certainly an intriguing premise: the Republicans in 1940 convince Charles Lindbergh to run for president; he defeats Roosevelt; and his first act as president is to sign a non-aggression pact with Hitler. Narrated by a young Jewish boy living with his...