Democracy
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.
Reviews
Garrett Jansen@frailtyy
Only picked this up based on a recommendation after the passing of Didion although I'm overwhelmingly glad that I did. The way that Didion introduces herself as her own character was a bit disorienting although I really enjoyed the way that the story progressed, the enveloping nature of the characters as they navigate through the way in which society exists. Enjoyable read and will definitely read more Didion.
Ashley Dotterweich@ashdott
Ezra Alie@ezraa
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Jamie Neely@jamieleeneely
In 1955 on this campus I had first noticed the quickening of time. In 1975 time was no longer just quickening but collapsing, falling in on itself, the way a disintegrating star contracts into a black hole, and at the scene of alI I had left unlearned I could summon up only fragments of poems, misremembered.
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