The Last Thing He Wanted

ISBN-13: 9780007454242 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 238 str.

Joan Didion

Opis

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.

Recenzje

' 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

'An impressive, fast-talking, hard-boiled, wise-cracking, tough-guy of a novel.' Philip Hensher, Mail on Sunday

PRAISE FOR THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
'Her poetic writing has a spell-like charm that is profoundly affecting.' Observer

'This brave book maps a year...when the world flipped over to expose the underside of cool where things go bad.' The Times

'The subject may be bleak, but her tender treatment makes it a book that we should all read.' Daily Mail

O autorze

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.