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This novel embraces the period from the Wall Street Crash of 1929 to the Nazi Blood Purge of 1934. Wm. Schuman, Professor of Political Science at Williams College said "There is nothing I have read, in prose or verse, fiction of fact, which has impressed me so vividly with the realities of National Socialism. Sinclair's pictures of the Nazi leaders are superb, and he has almost achieved the impossible in catching the spirit and atmosphere of the movement." As the noose of history pulls tighter, the men and women of Sinclair's imagining grow in maturity and power, and the readers of his story - wherever they may choose to pick up the thread - gain a new perspective on the world through which they lived and are living. A 1943 PULITZER PRIZE NOVEL! A Collector's Edition.
Lanny Budd , newly married and able to maintain the life of the privileged rich despite the ever encroaching Great depression, can open doors to meet the good and the evil that are shaping the world of the early 1930's and witnesses the growing terror that slowly engulfs Germany... The 3rd book in Sinclair's 'World's End' series; this is a fascinating and gripping step into the politics and world of the most volatile era in recent history. You're there with Lanny Budd as the arguments, debates and political polemics and posturing's (not to mention downright stupidities) unfold that allowed Hitler to slowly take power. The naivete that sees Hitler as no real threat (the workers/people will reject him) and his "Legitimacy" complex which is scorned by others in his party, but ultimately allows him the keys to absolute power. There is so much here that is "off radar" in in historical accounts which opften give the false idea that Germany simply went collectively mad for 13 years before sanity was restored. Maybe that's due to the issues Sinclair debates via Budd that have led to empowering people like Hitler-the ludicrous Versailles treaty; stopping Germany from trading; the toxic effect of the Wall Street crash on the world; the weakness of democratic politics to deal with the crisis...Also you feel Sinclair's own political viewpoint changing from the preaching socialist in 'Oil' (where to be honest, you feel tempted to join the anti red mobs so as you could give Bunny a good slap!) to one who wonders where true , humane and meaningful social justice can come from-and sees it in FDR's 'New Deal' ; a middle democratic pathway away from the extremes engulfing Europe... Yes, there are fault lines-Lanny Budd is a little implausible with his 'access all area's ticket-getting to meet Hitler and attend rallies of all political hues and a family to match- but Budd is perfect as the tool for Sinclair to explore and give the reader all the tinder box politics of the time that read just like the political debates that we have today-most of which will be lost when today's events are recorded by historians. This is what makes this book so vital. A fantastic book. Why is Sinclair's "World's End" series not in popular print ? It covers the years 1913-49 and 'Dragon's Teeth' makes you realise how important a document this series is. It's going to be expensive-as only a dedicated few publish and keep alive this series-but I will be reading the whole set. A criminally overlooked important and classic set of works.
