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After Henryby Joan Didion
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:"We tell ourselves stories in order to live" was the opening line of Joan Didion's celebrated The White Album. In After Henry, her new collection of pieces, most of them reported and written for The New York Review of Books and The New Yorker, she examines, precisely and suggestively, the stories people tell themselves — about murders and earthquakes and wildfires, about presidential politics and Patricia Hearst and Central Park "wilding," about boom years passing and hard times coming down — in Washington and in California and in New York. Joan Didion's two previous collections, Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The White Album, are now established as classics. Salvador and Miami stand as hallmarks of political reporting. After Henry is a major literary event. Review:"[Didion is] truly one of the premier essayists of our time.... Review:"Didion's journalistic essays are often considered her best writing, and this representative sample will be appreciated by readers who like newsworthy reading." Library Journal Synopsis:In her latest forays into the American scene, the author of Miami, Democracy, and Salvador covers ground from Washington to Los Angeles and from a TV producer's mansion to the racial battlefields of New York's criminal courts. And along the way, she reveals the mythic narratives that other commentators miss. Synopsis:In her latest forays into the American scene, Joan Didion covers ground from Washington to Los Angeles, from a TV producer's gargantuan "manor" to the racial battlefields of New York's criminal courts. At each stop she uncovers the mythic narratives that elude other observers: Didion tells us about the fantasies the media construct around crime victims and presidential candidates; she gives us new interpretations of the stories of Nancy Reagan and Patty Hearst; she charts America's rollercoaster ride through evanescent booms and hard times that won't go away. A bracing amalgam of skepticism and sympathy, After Henry is further proof of Joan Didion's infallible radar for the true spirit of our age. About the AuthorJoan Didion was born in California and lives in New York. She is the author of five novels and six previous books of nonfiction: Political Fictions, After Henry, Miami, Salvador, The White Album, and Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Table of ContentsAfter Henry 13 Washington 23 In the Realm of the Fisher King 25 Insider Baseball 47 Shooters Inc. 87 California 93 Girl of the Golden West 95 Pacific Distances 110 Los Angeles Days 145 Down at City Hall 174 L.A. Noir 198 Fire Season 210 Times Mirror Square 220 New York 251 Sentimental Journeys 253 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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