| After Henry Contributor(s): Didion, Joan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679745394 ISBN-13: 9780679745396 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1993 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Fiction |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| LCCN: 92050640 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.70 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: National Bestseller Didion's reportorial pieces afford the pleasures of literature. . . . She is an expert geographer of the landscape of American public culture (The New York Times Book Review). Here, 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. |