“Some real things have happened lately” begins Didion’s novel about Elena McMahon, a Washington Post reporter who quits her job covering Presidential politics to care for her dying father, and ends up inheriting his career dealing arms for the US government in Central America. Riveting, of course.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. 21.5 x 13 x 2. 227 pages. Signed advanced edition paperback in slipcase. Flat signed by author on front flyleaf. Small crease to bottom right corner of front cover. Minor scuffs to some corners of slip case. Very good book in very good slipcase.