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Run River

By Joan Didion

By Joan Didion

By Joan Didion

By Joan Didion

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Part of Vintage International

Part of Vintage International

Paperback $17.00

Apr 26, 1994 | ISBN 9780679752509

Ebook $11.99

Feb 23, 2011 | ISBN 9780307787750

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    About Run River

    The iconic writer’s electrifying first novel is a story of marriage, murder and betrayal that only she could tell with such nuance, sympathy, and suspense—from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Let Me Tell You What I Mean.

    Everett McClellan and his wife, Lily, are the great-grandchildren of pioneers, and what happens to them is a tragic epilogue to the pioneer experience—a haunting portrait of a marriage whose wrong turns and betrayals are at once absolutely idiosyncratic and a razor-sharp commentary on the history of California.

    About Run River

    The iconic writer’s electrifying first novel is a story of marriage, murder and betrayal that only she could tell with such nuance, sympathy, and suspense—from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Let Me Tell You What I Mean.

    Everett McClellan and his wife, Lily, are the great-grandchildren of pioneers, and what happens to them is a tragic epilogue to the pioneer experience—a haunting portrait of a marriage whose wrong turns and betrayals are at once absolutely idiosyncratic and a razor-sharp commentary on the history of California.

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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: Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 26, 1994 | 272 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679752509

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Feb 23, 2011 | 272 Pages | ISBN 9780307787750
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    Praise

    “There hasn’t been another American writer of Joan Didion’s quality since Nathanael West…. [She has] a vision as bleak and precise as Eliot’s.” —John Leonard, The New York Times

    “A slant of vision that is arresting and unique . . . Didion might be an observer from another planet—one so edgy and alert that she ends up knowing more about our own world than we know ourselves.” —Anne Tyler, New Republic

    “A beautifully told first novel . . . written in prose both witty and imaginative.” —The Times Literary Supplement (London)

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