ARGONAUT BOOKS

Joan Didion's hugely influential collection of essays which defines, for many, the America which rose from the ashes of the Sixties. Reviews 'All the essays manifest not only her intelligence but an instinct for details that continue to emit pulsations in the reader's memory, and a style that is spare, subtly musical in its phrasing, and exact. Add to this her highly vulnerable sense of herself, and the result is a voice like no other in contemporary journalism.'NEW YORK TIMES'Demonstrates an uncanny ability to capture the insidious and pervasive infections o...Read More