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, After Henry is further proof of Joan Didion's infallible radar for the true spirit of our age.
- ISBN10 1504045696
- ISBN13 9781504045698
- Publish Date 9 May 2017 (first published 1 May 1992)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Open Road Media
- Edition Digital Original ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 320
- Language English