num_pages: 391
description: 'He captures better than anyone the collision of public and private, the intrusion of history into the skin, the pores of every individual alive' Guardian
  'Though on the morning after the election disbelief prevailed, especially among the pollsters, by the next everybody seemed to understand everything...'
  
When celebrity aviator, Charles A. Lindbergh, wins the 1940 presidential election on the slogan of 'America First', fear invades every Jewish household. Not only has Lindbergh blamed the Jews for pushing America towards war with Germany, he has negotiated an 'understanding' with the Nazis promising peace between the two nations.Growing up in the 'ghetto' of Newark, Philip Roth recounts his childhood caught in the stranglehold of this counterfactual nightmare. As America sinks into its own dark metamorphosis and Jewish families are torn apart, fear and uncertainty spread.Who really is President Lindbergh?And to what end has he hijacked America?__________________________'Many passages in The Plot Against America echo feelings voiced today by vulnerable Americans - immigrants and minorities as alarmed by Trump's election as the Jews of Newark are frightened by Lindbergh's' New Yorker**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
language: English
title: The Plot Against America
titlecomplete: The Plot Against America
characters: Charles Lindbergh
genres: Jewish, American, Politics, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Alternate History
ratings_count: 59875
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: Vintage