It Can't Happen Here
What Will Happen When America Has a Dictator?
$36.05
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2023
Summary
Published during the heyday of fascism in Europe, It Can’t Happen Here is a chilling cautionary tale by one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century, which is still startlingly relevant almost a century later.
Charting the rise to power of Berzelius ‘Buzz’ Windrip, who whips his supporters into a frenzy while promising drastic reform under a banner of patriotism and traditional values, It Can’t Happen Here decries the tactics used by politicians to m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804470091 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804470090 |
| Author: | Sinclair Lewis |
| Publisher: | Renard Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Renard Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2023 |
| Weight: | 398g |
| Dimensions: | 49mm x 198mm x 131mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘An eerily prescient foreshadowing of current affairs.’ (Guardian) ‘The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.’ (Salon)
About The Author
Sinclair Lewis
Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) was an American writer and playwright who, in 1930, became the first US writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is best remembered for his novels Main Street, Babbitt and Arrowsmith, which attracted praise for their representation of working women, and for his 1935 novel cautioning against the rise of fascism in America, It Can’t Happen Here.
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