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The Last Thing He Wanted
Joan Didion
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Description for The Last Thing He Wanted
Paperback. A thrilling and exhilarating exploration of U.S. politics in Central America from Joan Didion, the hugely acclaimed author of The Year of Magical Thinking. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
A thrilling and exhilarating exploration of U.S. politics in Central America from Joan Didion, the hugely acclaimed author of The Year of Magical Thinking. It is 1984. Journalist Elena McMahon, watching her evasive, gruff father's life ebbing away before her, clutches at understanding him to grasp little more than air. But harder, keener forces impel her to do his bidding, to go naked into a `situation' in Central America, because `things were hotting up again'.
A thrilling and exhilarating exploration of U.S. politics in Central America from Joan Didion, the hugely acclaimed author of The Year of Magical Thinking. It is 1984. Journalist Elena McMahon, watching her evasive, gruff father's life ebbing away before her, clutches at understanding him to grasp little more than air. But harder, keener forces impel her to do his bidding, to go naked into a `situation' in Central America, because `things were hotting up again'.
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007454242
SKU
V9780007454242
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Ref
99-24
About Joan Didion
Joan Didion is one of America's most respected writers, her work constituting some of the greatest portraits of modern-day American culture. Over the four decades of her career, she has produced widely-acclaimed journalistic essays, personal essays, novels, non-fiction, memoir and screenplays. Her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking won the National Book Award in 2005.
Reviews for The Last Thing He Wanted
` I read it twice for pure delight.' Guardian `Fast-paced, witty, inventive... The Last Thing He Wanted is a creation of high seriousness, a thriller composed with all the resources of a unique gift for imaginative literature.' New York Review of Books ... Read more