Play It As It Lays: A Novel
Joan Didion • Farrar, Straus & Giroux • ISBN-13 978‑0374529949
Play It As It Lays: A Novel
Joan Didion • Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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ISBN-10: 0374529949 · ISBN-13: 978‑0374529949 · 1970
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A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, "Play It As It Lays" captures the mood of an entire generation. Joan Didion chose Hollywood to serve as her microcosm of contemporary society and exposed a culture characterized by emptiness and ennui.
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