It Can't Happen Here
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4.1 • 42 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The only one of Sinclair Lewis's later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith, It Can't Happen Here is a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression when America 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." Now finally back in print, It Can't Happen Here remains uniquely important, a shockingly prescient novel that's as fresh and contemporary as today's news
Customer Reviews
Underrated antecedent to 1984
More rooted in its mid-1930s milieu but with surprising currency, It Can’t Happen Here demonstrates that it could have and indeed still can.
Well, Well, Well!
It is happening and fast!
A literary style of times past!
Written in a different time and different language ,difficult to read. Did not find the authors style comforting. Interesting parallelisms with what’s going on today but a stretch at best.