It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis

It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair LewisNew to Penguin Classics, Lewis's 1935 bestseller about a demagogue who becomes president of the United States is 'frighteningly contemporary' It's 1935 and discontent is rife in America. From the political margins appears Buzz Windrip, charismatic presidential candidate and 'inspired guesser at what political doctrines the people would like'. Sweeping to power amid mass elation, he promises wealth for all and the dawn of a glorious new era. Small town

THE TWICE BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR

its drivers and those who brought them here

Born in 1894

Pearlie and Her Pink Shell

} ‘a furious take on housing inequality’—The Australian

With an excellent rhythm and natural flow

And once the killing starts

while other bookish brawls are more literal

the Cadaghi controversy – stingless bees are adapted to spreading Cadaghi seeds

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in Carey's hands

but a cultural companion for the curious reader: part ethnobotanical history