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Roth is a masterful writer. I was immediately drawn into this alternative history. Written as a memoir recalling his childhood in a Jewish neighborhood in Newark, Roth creates an America where anti-Semitism is unleashed by the rhetoric of President Lindbergh who has aligned the U.S. with Hitler. If I wanted a scary October read, this book was it. Could America ever be seduced by a charismatic arrogant celebrity spouting hate-filled language? Would Americans ever elect an inexperienced anti-establishment figure, with leanings toward a foreign dictator as our president? And, if we did, what violence and hatred are we capable of unleashing? My only disappointment with this novel was its abrupt and inconclusive ending.