Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the greatest modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions. "Didion has the instincts of an exceptionalreporter and the focus of a historian . . . a novelist's appreciation of the surreal." -"Los Angeles Times Book Review "Whether she's writingabout 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. Vintage Didion includes three chapters from Miami;" "an excerpt from Salvador; and three separate essays from AfterHenry" "that cover topics from Ronald Reagan to the Central Park jogger case." "Also included is "Clinton Agonistes" from PoliticalFictions," " and "Fixed Opinions, or the Hinge of History," a scathing analysis of the ongoing war on terror. "From the Trade Paperback edition."
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Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the greatest modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions. "Didion has the instincts of an exceptionalreporter and the focus of a historian . . . a novelist's appreciation of the surreal." -"Los Angeles Times Book Review "Whether she's writingabout 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. Vintage Didion includes three chapters from Miami;" "an excerpt from Salvador; and three separate essays from AfterHenry" "that cover topics from Ronald Reagan to the Central Park jogger case." "Also included is "Clinton Agonistes" from PoliticalFictions," " and "Fixed Opinions, or the Hinge of History," a scathing analysis of the ongoing war on terror. "From the Trade Paperback edition."