Joan Didion

An engrossing novel about political and personal life in Central America, from the award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking.

A Book of Common Prayer

When Charlotte travels to Boca Grande to find her fugitive daughter, she encounters Grace, a wealthy land-owner who knows too many secrets.

Arden Kowalski

Daryl Houston

The story here reminded me a lot of a collection of stories by Deborah Eisenberg, though I found Didion's treatment of similar material a lot less tedious. The material didn't interest me a lot and neither did the characters, but the thing is just so well written that it was hard to put it down in spite of its lack, for me, of surface appeal. The Bogart character felt pulled right out of Gaddis and, though he was a vile character, his funny portrayal probably helped keep me in the book.

A Book of Common Prayer

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