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Kent Winward
Apr 24, 2013 rated it really liked it
Didion's essay collection from the 1960s was an intriguing slice of the world I was born into, so much of my enjoyment came from seeing the world of my early childhood through Didion's excellent prose. The odd sensation was of so much and so little changing simultaneously. Can you say verisimilitude? ...more
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Aug 26, 2012 rated it really liked it
Interesting trip back through the 1960s and the destruction of California as it existed when it was first settled.
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