num_pages: 320
description: In her latest forays into the American scene, Joan Didion covers ground from Washington to Los Angeles, from a TV producer's gargantuan "manor" to the racial battlefields of New York's criminal courts. 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. A bracing amalgam of skepticism and sympathy, After Henry is further proof of Joan Didion's infallible radar for the true spirit of our age.
language: English
title: After Henry
titlecomplete: After Henry
genres: 20th Century, Essays, American, Politics, New York, The United States Of America, Nonfiction, History, Memoir, Journalism
ratings_count: 1849
publisher: Vintage