Roth is noted for writing his best books as he ages. This is a brilliant dissection of the menace which lies beneath the political and social scene in America. In 1935, Sinclair Lewis wrote It Can't Happen Here, a fantasy of Nazism in democratic America. Roth builds on Charles Lindbergh's historic bid for the presidency. His fantasy of his accession to the Presidency and what happens to the Jewish community makes chilling and compelling reading.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 40 June 2007 ) |
