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 rollercoast.
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