Winner of the George Polk Book Award
"One of our most cherished and insightful explicators of American culture...brings her perspective to the ultimate insider world."
-San Francisco Chronicle"Splendid . . . Didion [is] on pure zen target . . . [with] her sonar ear, her radar eye, and her ice pick/laser beam/night–scope sniper prose." -The New York Times Book Review
"A steel spine of political argument . . . a mordant wit, refined critical powers, and a bone-deep knowledge of the ways in which Americans like to amuse and fool themselves." -The Washington Post Book World
"One of the most preeminent voices of journalism has stepped into the ring. . . . [A] gift." -Susan Faludi, The New York Observer