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It Can't Happen Here Mass market paperbound - 1970
by Sinclair Lewis
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Readers were sharply divided. Many hailed the novel as eerily prescient and genuinely frightening, a relevant cautionary tale about American authoritarianism that resonates with current politics. Others criticized it as dated and dull—bogged down by 1930s references, thin characterization, clunky dialogue (especially for women), and a focus on outcomes over the mechanics of fascism—though a few still found it an engaging, if unsettling, story.
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The handsome dining room of the Hotel Wessex, with its gilded plaster shields and the mural depicting the Green Mountains, had been reserved for the Ladies' Night Dinner of the Fort Beulah Rotary Club.
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- Title It Can't Happen Here
- Author Sinclair Lewis
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Pages 382
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Signet Book
- Publication date October 1, 1970
- ISBN 9780451044129 / 0451044126
- Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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