{"product_id":"9780451465641","title":"It Can't Happen Here","description":"The only one of Sinclair Lewis's later novels to match the power of \u003ci\u003eMain Street, Babbitt,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArrowsmith, It Can't Happen Here\u003c\/i\u003e is an alarming, eerily timeless work.  The Chicago Tribune descibed the book as \"written at a white heat,\" for Lewis was outraged as he created it, tormented by Hitler's aggression, the murderous events in Franco's Spain, and nationalism rising in America.  This book remains a warning about the fragility of democarcy, juxtaposing hilarious satires with a blow-by-blow description of a president saving the country from welfare cheaters, sex, crime, and a liberal press by becoming a dictator.  Military spokeman General Edgeways and Republican Party activist Mrs. Adelaide Tarr Gimmiitch sound as fresh as a CNN broadcast, and the events - from Supreme Court nominations to blasts at the media - appear totally contemporary.  A man ahead of his time, Sinclair Lewis profoundly understood the American character and ripped away smug platitudes to give readers truth.  In 1935, the \u003ci\u003eSpringfield Republican\u003c\/i\u003e called \u003ci\u003eIt Can't Happen Here \"a message to thinking Americans.\"  Thinking Americans still need to hear it.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022113882352,"sku":"9780451465641","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780451465641_p0.jpg?v=1763704425","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780451465641","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}