DISCOVER THE NOVEL BEHIND THE BRILLIANT NEW TV DRAMA'Though on the morning after the election
disbelief prevailed especially among the pollsters by the next everybody seemed to understand
everything...'When celebrity aviator Charles A. Lindbergh wins the 1940 presidential election
on the slogan of 'America First' fear invades every Jewish household. Not only has Lindbergh
blamed the Jews for pushing America towards war with Germany he has negotiated an
'understanding' with the Nazis promising peace between the two nations.Growing up in the
'ghetto' of Newark Philip Roth recounts his childhood caught in the stranglehold of this
counterfactual nightmare. As America sinks into its own dark metamorphosis and Jewish families
are torn apart fear and uncertainty spread.Who really is President Lindbergh?And to what end
has he hijacked America?
