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It Can't Happen Here

Sinclair Lewis

Start date: December 1, 2021

Finish date: December 15, 2021

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Dec 15, 2016 Linda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017, ohio-e-book-project, audio, fiction

Before Brave New World, before 1984, before Fahrenheit 451 was Sinclair Lewis. In light of the U.S.'s present political situation and president this book seems very timely (and scarey). Nope! It can't happen here. ...more

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Jan 12, 2009 Dora marked it as to-read

How have I never heard of this one?

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Feb 06, 2013 Nanci Svensson rated it really liked it

Shelves: ww2

It's The Plot Against America by Philip Roth! But written half a century before The Plot!
This is a real gem, though seldom talked of - it portrays ahistorical transcendental human folly and should feel relevant to a reader In 2013. Habeas Schmabeas! ...more

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Dec 18, 2006 Courtney rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, satire

I picked this one up because a review noted that, though written in 1935, many of the themes resonate today with our current presidential regime (of which I am not a fan). Sinclair Lewis is a wry satirist who was very controversial in his day.

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