00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Lewis, Sinclair aut Verfasser/-in Lewis Sinclair [1885-1951] It Can't Happen Here Sinclair Lewis London Penguin Random House UK 2017 Modern Classics Penguin Classics 2017 New to Penguin Classics, Lewis's 1935 bestseller about a demagogue who becomes president of the United States is 'frighteningly contemporary'.##'His supporters were organized as the Forgotten Men . . . He claimed to be just a plain, simple, common man. He told bad jokes. He was elected'##A vain, outlandish, anti-immigrant, fearmongering demagogue runs for President of the United States - and wins. Sinclair Lewis's chilling 1935 bestseller is the story of Buzz Windrip, 'Professional Common Man', who promises poor, angry voters that he will make America proud and prosperous once more, but takes the country down a far darker path. As the new regime slides into authoritarianism, newspaper editor Doremus Jessop can't believe it will last - but is he right? This cautionary tale of liberal complacency in the face of populist tyranny shows it really can happen here.#Quelle: Verlagsmeldung 9780241310663 9780241310663 381 Seiten