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A review by essjay1
The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion
5.0
How fabulous is JD? She is so consistently good and so erudite that it is a joy to open the page and let the words flow over you. This is a great story, I really enjoyed the way she played out the thriller aspect, and I believe it will be made into a movie soon - in the right hands this could be brilliant.
Set in the Central American islands or thereabouts, in the early 1980's when all those arms deals and shady happenings where being whispered about in certain circles, this book seems to me to perfectly capture the strange mix of intensity and listlessness that the tropics induce.
And it's probably true. At least partly ...
Set in the Central American islands or thereabouts, in the early 1980's when all those arms deals and shady happenings where being whispered about in certain circles, this book seems to me to perfectly capture the strange mix of intensity and listlessness that the tropics induce.
And it's probably true. At least partly ...