description: Ever the innovator, Philip Roth enters a new genre at the age of 71. This alternate history novel marks a major, but logical departure for the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. In The Plot Against America, isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeats incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election. The victory of the Lone Eagle generates successive waves of anti-Semitism, culminating in nationwide pogroms. From Newark, New Jersey, Roth's recurring character Philip and his Jewish family struggle to chisel out a safe place in this maelstrom of hatred.
language: English
title: THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA (UNABRIDGED)
titlecomplete: THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA (UNABRIDGED) (2004)
characters: Charles Lindbergh
genres: Jewish, American, Politics, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Alternate History
ratings_count: 59872
places: New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: WH Smith Literary Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: James Fenimore Cooper Prize, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Tähtivaeltaja Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Sidewise Award
category: Long Form
publisher: Recorded Books