It Can't Happen Here
Written by Sinclair Lewis
Narrated by Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)
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“It Can’t Happen Here” is a 1935 dystopian political novel by American author Sinclair Lewis. The story is set in a fictionalized version of 1930s United States and follows an American politician, Berzelius “Buzz” Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country’s first outright dictator. The novel describes the rise of Windrip, a demagogue who is elected President of the United States, after fomenting fear and promising drastic economic and social reforms while promoting a return to patriotism and “traditional” values.
Sinclair Lewis
Nobel Prize-winning writer Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) is best known for novels like Main Street, Babbitt, Arrowsmith (for which he was awarded but declined the Pulitzer Prize), and Elmer Gantry. A writer from his youth, Lewis wrote for and edited the Yale Literary Magazine while a student, and started his literary career writing popular stories for magazines and selling plots to other writers like Jack London. Lewis’s talent for description and creating unique characters won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930, making him the first American writer to win the prestigious award. Considered to be one of the “greats” of American literature, Lewis was honoured with a Great Americans series postage stamp, and his work has been adapted for both stage and screen.
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