Nonfiction

Review This review was published on Goodreads. Author’s Note (05 Jun 2024): This review was written over 2 years ago. It feels weird to rate a nonfiction, especially when its subject is far removed from my personal life. Your struggle for freedom entertains me, 4/5. I don’t even have the required background knowledge to criticize many of the arguments this book raises. The rating is for how successful the book is in overturning my worldview, and in that department, I think it did pretty well....

Review This review was published on Goodreads. I wonder if Joan Didion ever expressed regret, or should I phrase more directly, guilt, over the pieces she had written. America’s most elusive culture pundit, the New Journalism pioneer, the “neurotically inarticulate” writer with her chic Stingray Corvette and the smoldering cigarette she wielded in her right hand and her left hand tucked securely underneath, casual yet coolly judgmental, removed from the ensemble - and her eyes....