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The last thing he wanted
Book • 1996
The story centers on Elena McMahon, a reporter for The Washington Post, who quits her job to care for her father after her mother's death.
She inherits his position as an arms dealer for the U.S.
Government in Central America and becomes entangled in a complex web of spies, American military personnel, and the consequences of her father's actions.
The narrative explores themes of power, memory, and the subjective nature of truth, set against the backdrop of the tumultuous political landscape of Central America in the 1980s.
She inherits his position as an arms dealer for the U.S.
Government in Central America and becomes entangled in a complex web of spies, American military personnel, and the consequences of her father's actions.
The narrative explores themes of power, memory, and the subjective nature of truth, set against the backdrop of the tumultuous political landscape of Central America in the 1980s.
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in the context of Didion's later works and her exploration of women's experiences.

Hilton Als

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Writer Hilton Als on Prince and ‘What Joan Didion Means’