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From the Chicago Tribune
"The story I . . mounts to high tragedy and na
tive nobility. . . I It is . . . touched with such vivid
ness and such satire that the reader will not miss
J a word. All of Sinclair, Lewis' best cunning has
-come back to him in 'It Can't Happen Here.'
.Whether it is Sinclair Lewis' greatest novel can't be
.said. rIt is too powerful a blow. The reader feels
such a terrific impact that he doesn't stop to analyze
what hashit him." ! !
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From liberty Magazine
" 'It Can't Happen Here is . . . consistently
interesting and even fascinating. , Don't walk, but
RUN to the nearest bookstore for the most interest
ing of the new season's books." I
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From the Buffalo Evening fK'ews
" 'It Can't Happen Here' should be prescribed
reading for all Americans." f E
From the Boston Herald :
'Here is a book wrhose theme first seems too
utterly fantastic, and yet Mr. Lewis makes of it a
novel so thought-compelling and real that few can
read it and not realize that here is something furi
ous,! inspiring and loaded with dynamite. We ex
pect it may be called Mr. Lewis' masterpiece. Be
side it 'Main Street,' 'Babbitt,' 'Arrowsmith,' 'Dods
worth' are as tame' as 'Alice in Wonderland.' "
From the IVew York Herald
Tribune
"Sinclair Lewis . . faces the issue more real
istically . . . than any other contemporary American
novelist This torrential, controversial book will
certainly be more haed than any of Mr. Lewis's
most recent books. . . . Here, as in 'Main Street,' he
is. genius at revealing warts and pimples on our
noses which we did not know were there but which,
once pointed out, are nevermore to be denied.'
From the New York Times
"One wishes for 'It Can't Happen Here' one
hundred and thirty million American readers."
1 From the New Yorker
. " 'It Can't Happen Here is a picture of what
is apt to happen to you and you and you, if and
when a Fascist dictatorship is established in this
cduntry. It is Mr. Lewis' most important, passion
ate and moving book. Required reading."
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