{"product_id":"joan-didion-the-1980s-90s-loa-341-salvador-democracy-miami-after-henry-the-last-thing-he-wanted-9781598536836","title":"Joan Didion: The 1980s \u0026 90s (Loa #341): Salvador \/ Democracy \/ Miami \/ After Henry \/ The Last Thing He Wanted","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary of America continues its definitive edition of one of the most electric writers of our time with a volume gathering her iconic reporting and novels from mid-career\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis second volume in Library of America's definitive Didion edition includes two novels and three remarkable essay collections with which she extended the compass of the extraordinary journalistic eye first developed in the celebrated books \u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe White Album\u003c\/i\u003e. Gather here are \u003ci\u003eSalvador\u003c\/i\u003e, a searing look at terror and Cold War politics in the Central American civil war of the early 1980s; \u003ci\u003eMiami, \u003c\/i\u003e a portrait not just of a city but of immigration, exile, the cocaine trade, and political violence; and \u003ci\u003eAfter Henry\u003c\/i\u003e, in which she reports on Patty Hearst, Nancy Reagan, the case of the Central Park Five, and the Los Angeles she once called home. The novels \u003ci\u003eDemocracy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Thing He Wanted\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter recently adapted for film by Netflix, are fast-paced, deftly observed narratives of power, conspiracy, and corruption in American political life. Taken together, these five books mark the remarkable mid-career evolution of one of the most dynamic writers of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Didion\u003c\/b\u003e (1934--2021) was one of the most distinct American literary voices of the last half century. She was the author of five novels and ten books of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe White Album\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlay It As It Lays\u003c\/i\u003e, and mostly recently the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best sellers \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlue Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouth and West\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLet Me tell You What I Mean\u003c\/i\u003e. She was the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Book Award for Nonfiction and the National Book Foundations' Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid L. Ulin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author or editor of ten books, including \u003ci\u003eSidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e; the Library of America's \u003ci\u003eWriting Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a California Book Award; and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time\u003c\/i\u003e. The former book editor and book critic of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, he teaches at the University of Southern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646038085906,"sku":"9781598536836","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a63f597f-4319-4631-b52f-9bd0504e99bf.jpg?v=1733167694","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/joan-didion-the-1980s-90s-loa-341-salvador-democracy-miami-after-henry-the-last-thing-he-wanted-9781598536836","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}