Literary Fiction
It Can't Happen Here
1935·376 pages
A Vermont newspaperman resists a populist president who turns 1930s America into a fascist dictatorship in this biting political satire.
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A Vermont newspaperman resists a populist president who turns 1930s America into a fascist dictatorship in this biting political satire.
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It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical American political novel published in 1935. It's Plot centers around newspaperman Doremus Jessup's struggle against the fascist regime of America' new president, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip. Windripis elected on a platform promising to restore prosperity and $5,000 a year for all citizens. Once in office, however, he becomes a dictator, among other things, putting his enemies in concentration camps.
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Marital strain and an affair; mild period-typical intimacy, not graphic
Violence & gore
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Street violence, beatings, executions, and concentration-camp brutality
Profanity
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Occasional strong language and coarse period slang
Substance use
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Recurring social drinking; alcohol woven into daily life and stress
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ characters or themes depicted
Religious content
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Influential clergy; Christian rhetoric used to back the regime
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Central allegory of American fascism, populism, and fragile democracy
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Political imprisonment, torture, camps, and systemic state cruelty
Other
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