Vintage Didion
Joan Didion
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
<p>Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the greatest modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions.<br><br> "Didion has the instincts of an exceptional reporter and the focus of a historian . . . a novelist's appreciation of the surreal." --<i>Los Angeles Times Book Review<br><br></i>Whether she's writing about civil war in Central America, political scurrility in Washington, or the tightl -braided myths and realities of her native California, Joan Didion expresses an unblinking vision of the truth. <br><br><b>Vintage Didion</b> includes three chapters from <b>Miami;</b><i> </i>an excerpt from <b>Salvador</b>; and three separate essays from <b>After Henry</b><i> </i>that cover topics from Ronald Reagan to the Central Park jogger case<i>. </i>Also included is "Clinton Agonistes" from <b>Political Fictions</b><i>,</i> and "Fixed Opinions, or the Hinge of History," a scathing analysis of the ongoing war on terror.<br><br><i>From the Trade...</i></p></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br>