{"product_id":"it-cant-happen-here","title":"It can't happen here","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sinclair Lewis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Berkley, 2005\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—Salon\u0026lt;br\/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\/\u0026gt;It Can’t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis’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.\u0026lt;br\/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\/\u0026gt;Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitler’s aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, sex, crime, and a liberal press.\u0026lt;br\/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\/\u0026gt;Called “a message to thinking Americans” by the Springfield Republican when it was published in 1935, It Can’t Happen Here is a shockingly prescient novel that remains as fresh and contemporary as today’s news.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081297117353,"sku":"PHBK-9780451216588","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/view_archive_75def696-71af-4cf5-b302-c936b2358622.jpg?v=1778612243","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/it-cant-happen-here","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}