false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917257m/422.jpg 422 9 Writing with the telegraphic swiftness and microscopic sensitivity that have made her one of our most distinguished journalists, Joan Didion creates a shimmering novel of innocence and evil.<br><br><b>A Book of Common Prayer</b> is the story of two American women in the derelict Central American nation of Boca Grande. Grace Strasser-Mendana controls much of the country's wealth and knows virtually all of its secrets; Charlotte Douglas knows far too little. "Immaculate of history, innocent of politics," she has come to Boca Grande vaguely and vainly hoping to be reunited with her fugitive daughter. As imagined by Didion, her fate is at once utterly particular and fearfully emblematic of an age of conscienceless authority and unfathomable violence. 1043020 1979 A Book of Common Prayer (Vintage International) total:551|5:155|4:216|3:140|2:24|1:16| 551 2123 782 55 5 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri Dec 08 22:07:19 -0800 2006 Fri Dec 08 22:07:43 -0800 2006 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 12:48:15 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 18:24:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 18 16:48:26 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 16:48:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 14:36:40 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 06 05:13:46 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 15:59:06 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 10:44:01 -0700 2009 NYT review says, should not be read all in one go). Woman lives life barely connected to it, dissembles, is used, lives life of quiet desperation, eventually ends u...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Jun 16 10:08:46 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 16 10:08:46 -0700 2007
Charlotte Douglas, an American woman sojourning in ficitional Central American country of Boca Grande, is the focus of this book. Charlotte's beloved daughter Marin has run off with a group of Marxist radicals and taken part in an absurd act of ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 01:40:09 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 01:41:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 22:18:38 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 15:46:59 -0700 2009
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