num_pages: 400
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.
language: English
title: It Can't Happen Here
titlecomplete: It Can't Happen Here
characters: Doremus Jessup, Shad Ledue, Berzelius Windrip, Francis Tasbrough, Dewey Haik, Lee Sarason
genres: Audiobook, Politics, Historical Fiction, Dystopia, Novels, Science Fiction, Literature, Classics, Fiction, Alternate History
ratings_count: 18851
places: The United States of America, Vermont, Washington, D.C.
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
publisher: NAL Trade