A Book of Common Prayer Paperback - 1995
by Joan Didion
In this Conradian masterpiece of American innocence and evil set in the fictional Central American country of Boca Grande, two American women face the harsh realities, political and personal, of living on the edge in a land with an uncertain future. Writing with her signature telegraphic swiftness, the author creates a terrifying commentary on an age of conscienceless authority.
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Writing with the telegraphic swiftness and microscopic sensitivity that have made her one of our most distinguished journalists, Joan Didion creates a shimmering novel of innocence and evil.
A Book of Common Prayer is the story of two American women in the derelict Central American nation of Boca Grande. Grace Strasser-Mendana controls much of the country's wealth and knows virtually all of its secrets; Charlotte Douglas knows far too little. "Immaculate of history, innocent of politics," she has come to Boca Grande vaguely and vainly hoping to be reunited with her fugitive daughter. As imagined by Didion, her fate is at once utterly particular and fearfully emblematic of an age of conscienceless authority and unfathomable violence.
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- Title A Book of Common Prayer
- Author Joan Didion
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1995-04-11
- ISBN 9780679754862 / 0679754865
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 5.18 x 0.6 in (20.37 x 13.16 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
- Ethnic Orientation: Latino
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Women - Fiction, Missing persons - Fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94040747
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Library Journal, 06/15/1995, Page 99
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