{"product_id":"books-after-henry-by-joan-didion","title":"After Henry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER *\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eDidion's \"reportorial pieces afford the pleasures of literature....  She is an expert geographer of the landscape of American public culture\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Here, the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e covers ground from Washington to Los Angeles, from a TV producer's gargantuan \"manor\" to the racial battlefields of New York's criminal courts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At each stop she uncovers the mythic narratives that elude other observers: Didion tells us about the fantasies the media construct around crime victims and presidential candidates; she gives us new interpretations of the stories of Nancy Reagan and Patty Hearst; she charts America's rollercoaster ride through evanescent booms and hard times that won't go away.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A bracing amalgam of skepticism and sympathy, \u003ci\u003eAfter Henry\u003c\/i\u003e is further proof of Joan Didion's infallible radar for the true spirit of our age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53769730359569,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780679745396.jpg?v=1783952550","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-after-henry-by-joan-didion","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}