Democracy - Hardcover

Didion, Joan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0701128909 ISBN 13: 9780701128906

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 1984

Synopsis

Inez Christian is the wife of a man who wants to be the President of America. She is also the lover of another, who inhabits that mirror world in which national, business and intelligence interests merge. The story moves from Inez's Hawaiian childhood to the smoke-filled rooms of city powerbrokers.

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Review

A gem...a beautifully composed story that moves with effortless authority and becomes astonishingly moving...Stirring and memorable." -- Newsday
"Striking, provocative, and brilliantly written." -- The Atlantic

A gem . . . a beautifully composed story that moves with effortless authority and becomes astonishingly moving. . . . Stirring and memorable." --Newsday"Striking, provocative, and brilliantly written." --The Atlantic

About the Author

Joan Didion was born in California and lives in New York City. She is the author of five novels and seven previous books of nonfiction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0701128909
• ISBN 13: 9780701128906
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240