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Political Fictions

By Joan Didion

By Joan Didion

By Joan Didion

By Joan Didion

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Aug 27, 2002 | ISBN 9780375718908

Ebook $11.99

Oct 09, 2001 | ISBN 9780375414268

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    About Political Fictions

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In these coolly observant essays, the iconic bestselling writer looks at the American political process and at “that handful of insiders who invent, year in and year out, the narrative of public life.”

    Through the deconstruction of the sound bites and photo ops of three presidential campaigns, one presidential impeachment, and an unforgettable sex scandal, Didion reveals the mechanics of American politics. She tells us the uncomfortable truth about the way we vote, the candidates we vote for, and the people who tell us to vote for them. These pieces build, one on the other, into a disturbing portrait of the American political landscape, providing essential reading on our democracy.

    About Political Fictions

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In these coolly observant essays, the iconic bestselling writer looks at the American political process and at “that handful of insiders who invent, year in and year out, the narrative of public life.”

    Through the deconstruction of the sound bites and photo ops of three presidential campaigns, one presidential impeachment, and an unforgettable sex scandal, Didion reveals the mechanics of American politics. She tells us the uncomfortable truth about the way we vote, the candidates we vote for, and the people who tell us to vote for them. These pieces build, one on the other, into a disturbing portrait of the American political landscape, providing essential reading on our democracy.

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    About Joan Didion

    JOAN DIDION was born in Sacramento in 1934 and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1956. After graduation, Didion moved to New York and began working for Vogue, which led to her career as a journalist and writer. Didion… More about Joan Didion

    About Joan Didion

    JOAN DIDION was born in Sacramento in 1934 and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1956. After graduation, Didion moved to New York and began working for Vogue, which led to her career as a journalist and writer. Didion… More about Joan Didion

    Product Details

    Category: Domestic Politics | Essays & Literary Collections

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 27, 2002 | 352 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375718908

    Category: Domestic Politics | Essays & Literary Collections

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Oct 09, 2001 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9780375414268
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    Praise

    Winner of the George Polk Book Award

    “One of our most cherished and insightful explicators of American culture…brings her perspective to the ultimate insider world.” –San Francisco Chronicle

    “Splendid . . . Didion [is] on pure zen target . . . [with] her sonar ear, her radar eye, and her ice pick/laser beam/night—scope sniper prose.” –The New York Times Book Review

    “A steel spine of political argument . . . a mordant wit, refined critical powers, and a bone-deep knowledge of the ways in which Americans like to amuse and fool themselves.” –The Washington Post Book World

    “One of the most preeminent voices of journalism has stepped into the ring. . . . [A] gift.” –Susan Faludi, The New York Observer

    Author Essay

    In conjunction with the hardcover publication of Political Fictions, Joan Didion did a series of interviews with college newspapers around the country. Her desktop includes excerpts from two of those interviews – conducted by the Daily Californian of UC Berkeley, where Didion attended school as an undergraduate, and the Harvard Crimson.

    Table Of Contents

    A Foreword

    Insider Baseball

    The West Wing of Oz

    Eyes on the Prize

    Newt Gingrich, Superstar

    Political Pornography

    Clinton Agonistes

    Vichy Washington

    God’s Country

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