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The Last Thing He Wanted

by Joan Didion · first published 1996

The Last Thing He Wanted is a novel by Joan Didion. It was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1996. The story centers on Elena McMahon, a reporter for The Washington Post who quits her job covering the 1984 United States presidential election to care for her father after her mother's death. In an unusual turn of events, she inherits his position as an arms dealer for the U.S. Government in Central America.

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Original language:
English
Reader rating:
★ 4.0 / 5 (1 on Open Library)
Year page:
1996

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