Democracy by Joan Didion (ISBN:0679754857)

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		Democracy
	
				(5 reviews)			
(159 Readers)

			Joan Didion		
	
Moving between Honolulu, Jakarta and Saigon, against the historical backdrop of the final withdrawal from Vietnam, this novel is a bitingly funny,...more
 Moving between Honolulu, Jakarta and Saigon, against the historical backdrop of the final withdrawal from Vietnam, this novel is a bitingly funny, cumulatively devastating post-mortem of our national mores and institutions. A U.S. Senator, his wife, senatorial groupies and international arms dealing intersect with one another in this blistering indictment of American amnesia.   less

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
I 'dunno--I love Didion's non-fiction.  Just about nobody does an essay with more clarity and economy...but I had a terrible time connecting with this.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
my favorite book, ever

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
By far and large my all time favorite piece of fiction.  While the storyline isn't all that unique or exciting Didion's prose style is what the real highlight is.  Just as a warning though - I don't know of a single other person besides myself who even liked this book let alone loved it

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Wow. Didion never ceases to amaze. This is my favourite of her novels, so far. Luminiously written, incredibly inventive, intriguing, and surely the partial-basis for Philip Roth's American Pastoral?

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
I'm becoming a big fan of Didion after reading this a few months ago. Set in 1975 near the end of the Vietnam War, she combines the harshness of the political situation with a longtime romance.

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