After Henry
by Joan Didion
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This 1992 collection of Joan Didion's, essays, originally published in the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books, are set in New York, Washington, and Los Angeles, and are primarily about politics and current events. They include Didion's thoughts on Patty Hearst, Ronald Reagan, and the 1988 Screen Guild writers' strike. The showpiece is the essay entitled "Sentimental Journeys," her long appreciation of New York City, including its highs and lows and its many dark moments--not least, the case of the Central Park jogger. The "Henry" of the book's title is in homage to her longtime editor, the legendary Henry Robbins, at Farrar Straus.
Editions of After Henry
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Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Vintage Books |
Date 1993 |
Price $1.00 |
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Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Simon & Schuster |
Date 1992 |
Price $1.00 |
Very Good |
Publisher Notes
In her latest forays into the American scene, the author of Miami, Democracy, and Salvador covers ground from Washington to Los Angeles and from a TV producer's mansion to the racial battlefields of New York's criminal courts. And along the way, she reveals the mythic narratives that other commentators miss.
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