by Sinclair Lewis
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“This book is phenomenally prescient. It should be read in tandem with Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here, with Thurber’s short story, “The Greatest Man in the World” as a palate cleanser.”
Recommended by 3 notable people, including Daniel Pink and Winston Churchill
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Historical Fiction, Most Recommended Books, and Politics.
It Can_x0092_t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis_x0092_s later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitler...
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Historical Fiction, Most Recommended Books, and Politics.
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“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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