![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() government by fundamentalist Christians that begins with a victory by John McCain and Sarah Palin in the election of 2008.Īnticipating criticism that he "overstates the influence of the dominionist and reconstructionist theologies within the evangelical movement," Rich indicates in an Afterword that his novel is not a prediction but a warning "that such an outcome is possible." Because it would be so catastrophic, Rich believes the possibility "demands our vigilant attention." Taking as his models Sinclair Lewis' "It Can't Happen Here" and Philip Roth's "The Plot Against America," Rich, a partner at a law firm in New York, presents a narrative about a takeover of the U.S. It can, of course, and in "Christian Nation," it will. ![]() It's America in the twenty-first century and it cannot happen here." I chose to try to make partner." Although what Sanjay has just said "was awesome, really scary stuff," everything inside Greg, everything he knows about the world and how it works, tells him the same thing: "You're wrong because it can't happen here. Rich's new novel, tells his best friend, Sanjay. "I'm not like you," Greg, the narrator of Frederic C. ![]()
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