Posted on October 27, 2018 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

An A-list cast will bring one of Philip Roth’s bestselling novels to life with a dramatic reading Sunday.

Jon Hamm and Jennifer Ehle are among the stars performing the 2004 hit The Plot Against America, an alternative history in which Charles Lindbergh is elected president in 1940 and keeps the U.S. out of World War II.

Roth had been in discussions about an adaptation of the novel before his death this May.

James Shapiro, a Columbia University professor and noted Shakespeare scholar, abridged The Plot Against America for the event in New York City.

Read more on the Library of America’s website (since even if you’re in New York, the tickets are likely sold out by now).

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