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I read The Plot Against America recently after hearing it discussed on A Good Read on R4. I'd not thought a lot about the Trump parallels until I was a little bit of the way in, and I don't completely buy them now, but it would be interesting to hear Philip Roth's thoughts on Trump.
All in all, there were aspects of the book I really liked - the characters, the integration of real events/views/people into fiction - but also some bits which seemed a little bit clunky, especially the 'twist' at the end which explains how the 'real' history and the fiction realign.
I'd still recommend it though. Take the dust jacket off before you read it in public though - I was getting some funny looks on the tube before I realised it was probably people seeing the swastika on the cover and thinking I was some kind of white supremacist.
This morning I finished The Vegetarian by Han Kang, which is excellent. Quiet, sparse, and very sad and disturbing.