The Last Thing He Wanted
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The Last Thing He Wanted is a novel by Joan Didion. It was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1996. The story centers on Elena McMahon, a reporter for The Washington Post who quits her job covering the 1
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Democracy (novel)
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Democracy is a 1984 novel by the American author Joan Didion. Set in Hawaii and Southeast Asia at the end of the Vietnam War, the book tells the story of Inez Victor, wife of U.S. Senator and one-time
The Last Thing He Wanted
…Press that she was supplying arms to the Sandinistas. The book received generally favorable reviews. It has been compared to Didion's previous novel, Democracy, as well as the moral thrillers of Graham Greene. Michiko Kakutani, writing for The New York Times, drew parallels between Jack Lovett, a C.I.A. agent…
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