After Henry
, by DIDION, JOANNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780679745396 | 0679745394
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/27/1993
In her latest forays into the American scene, Joan 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 Henryis further proof of Joan Didion's infallible radar for the true spirit of our age.