Last Thing He Wanted

Joan Didion is one of America’s most respected writers, her work constituting some of the greatest portraits of modern-day American culture. Over the four decades of her career, she has produced widely-acclaimed journalistic essays, personal essays, novels, non-fiction, memoir and screenplays. Her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking won the National Book Award in 2005.

‘ I read it twice for pure delight.’ Guardian‘Fast-paced, witty, inventive… “The Last Thing He Wanted” is a creation of high seriousness, a thriller composed with all the resources of a unique gift for imaginative literature.’ New York Review of Books‘An impressive, fast-talking, hard-boiled, wise-cracking, tough-guy of a novel.’ Philip Hensher, Mail on SundayPRAISE FOR THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING'Her poetic writing has a spell-like charm that is profoundly affecting.' Observer'This brave book maps a year…when the world flipped over to expose the underside of cool where things go bad.’ The Times'The subject may be bleak, but her tender treatment makes it a book that we should all read.' Daily Mail