false 7830 3 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, <b>After Henry</b> is further proof of Joan Didion's infallible radar for the true spirit of our age. 4297 1992 After Henry total:241|5:43|4:107|3:71|2:17|1:3| 241 893 329 22 4 0 false false Sun Jul 15 16:01:01 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 10:01:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sat Feb 14 15:46:04 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 15:46:56 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Dec 15 10:36:08 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 12:56:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 19:44:13 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 26 20:00:37 -0700 2008 timely so many of them seem, even though the book is 25 years old. The essays deal with a powerful first lady, a writer's strike, a presidential campaign,...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 31 20:37:43 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 03 08:51:09 -0700 2007
that said--commas, so many commas, semicolons, parenthetical clauses, addendums, this, that & the other, & the other, & the other--s...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Sep 10 04:58:08 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 07:28:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 18 15:12:59 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 15:15:44 -0800 2008 Slouching Towards Bethlehem, and continue from there. Skip around if you want, but make sure you read the essays "In the Islands" and "Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream", and as much of Salvador and Miami as ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Sat Jan 12 06:57:08 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 06:59:04 -0800 2008 Slouching Towards Bethlehem, that may just be a comment on the decade, rather than on the writing, which is still dazzling in its starkness and spareness.more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Aug 30 07:31:02 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 07:34:20 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Jan 27 14:51:02 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 14:54:46 -0800 2008 Not sure if I'll finish this one. It's true she makes some interesting and intelligent observations, but her commentary is really cemented in the Reagan years and she assumes the reader has a certain knowledge base. I'm not quite there.]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 17:45:12 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 02 21:56:07 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 23:46:47 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 05 21:41:52 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 10 10:40:44 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 10:40:44 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Nov 06 10:59:01 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 06 11:00:31 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sun Nov 25 09:10:55 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 09:15:52 -0800 2007 2 0 false false Thu Nov 01 12:08:30 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 12:15:59 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 12:08:17 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Fri Sep 07 09:34:55 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 13:29:28 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun May 13 19:39:17 -0700 2007 Sun May 13 19:39:56 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Apr 05 18:29:40 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 18:30:11 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Aug 04 12:10:02 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 12:10:10 -0700 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Henry...(book)]]>