Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Didion’s last published novel, published twelve years after her previous novel, Democracy. “Some real things have happened lately” begins the novel about Elena McMahon, a Washington Post reporter who quits her job covering Presidential politics to care for her dying father, but finds herself inheriting his career dealing arms for the US government in Central America. Riveting, of course.

Signed first trade edition. Hardback, 227 pp. 22 x 14 cm. Red boards with the author’s initials embossed in the cover and gilt title to spine. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition. Signed on the title page.