An engrossing examination of political and personal life in Central
America, from the award-winning author of The Year of Magical
Thinking. Writing with the economical swiftness and concentrated
perception that has made her one of America's most distinguished
writers, Joan Didion creates a gleaming novel of innocence and
evil. Set in the ruined Central American nation of Boca Grande, A
Book of Common Prayer is the story of two American women and their
conflicting experiences of wealth, politics and personal history.
We follow the intriguing life of Grace Strasser-Mendana - an
American expatriate and member of one of Boca Grande's most
influential families - alongside the story of Charlotte Douglas,
whose daughter Medin has run off with a group of Marxist radicals.
What follows is an exploration of the women's ability to make sense
of the behaviour that surrounds them, as their worlds are made hazy
by the atmosphere of evil and innocence that envelops their
strained and entangled lives. Writing with her inimitable mix of
candid emotional frankness and razor-sharp political astuteness,
Joan Didion's third novel is at once utterly particular whilst
emblematic of an age of unscrupulous authority and seemingly
inevitable bloodshed.
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