Philip Roth, The Plot Against America
Set in an alternative America where Charles Lindbergh won the 1940 election on an isolationist, anti-semitic platform. Alarmingly believable and concentrates on the effects on a Jewish family. The use of historical characters adds to the verisimilitude, and Roth prints a speech at the end that was made by Lindbergh in reality. This just reinforces that it could have happened in America too.
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