227 pages
English language
Published Dec. 19, 1997 by Vintage Books.
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. In this sparsely written, quick-paced narrative, Elena struggles to cope with the spies, American military personnel, and the consequences of her father's errors that are waiting for her on a small island in the Lesser Antilles.
have read is a stretch. x didion. "check that box", uncatalogue the remainder of her oeuvre.
I love Didion's writing style, its vibrancy and efficiency, the way that holds, until the last moment, the reader back. 'The Last Thing He Wanted' is not the best book to explore Didion's writing, but it is certainly interesting
