After Henry -- Joan Didion

<p><b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER -</b> <b>Didion's reportorial pieces afford the pleasures of literature.... She is an expert geographer of the landscape of American public culture (<i>The New York Times Book Review).</i></b> <p/>Here, the National Book Award-winning author of <i>The Year of Magical Thinking</i> covers ground from Washington to Los Angeles, from a TV producer's gargantuan manor to the racial battlefields of New York's criminal courts. <p/>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. <p/>A bracing amalgam of skepticism and sympathy, <i>After Henry</i> is further proof of Joan Didion's infallible radar for the true spirit of our age.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Joan Didion<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage<br><b>Published:</b> 04/27/1993<br><b>Pages:</b> 320<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.70lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780679745396<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 04/05/1993<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Joan Didion was born in California and lives in New York City. She is the author of five novels and seven previous books of nonfiction.</p>