{"product_id":"the-plot-against-america-by-philip-roth-9781529945805","title":"The Plot Against America","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart of a bold and stylish republication of Philip Roth's entire catalogue into Vintage Classics, this dizzying counterfactual drama is the Pulitzer Prize-winner at his best: terrifically incisive and terrifyingly plausible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Plot Against America\u003c\/em\u003e is regarded as one of the great political novels for its depiction of how obedience brings disaster. The \u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e commends it for its incisive exploration of political dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's remarkably imaginative counterfactual American history, with frighteningly real insights into the way we live now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt loses the presidential election. Jewish households across America are gripped by uncertainty and fear when the landslide winner takes office. Charles A. Lindbergh is a celebrated aviator and rabid isolationist, who has publicly blamed the Jews for pushing America towards a 'pointless' war with Nazi Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnder Lindbergh, the United States signs a cordial 'understanding' with Adolf Hitler and becomes menacingly anti-Semitic. In this startling counterfactual nightmare, Philip Roth recounts a ghettoised childhood and the fate of his Newark family in an alternative America oblivious to its own dark metamorphosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67739440840940,"sku":"9781529945805","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529945805-the-plot-against-america-1.jpg?v=1792040400","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-plot-against-america-by-philip-roth-9781529945805","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}