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The essays in Joan Didion's first--and groundbreaking--collection are mostly about the phenomena of the 1960's: the hippie world of Haight-Ashbury (the title essay), the politics of the peace movement, a Las Vegas wedding. Now considered a classic, SLOUCHING TOWARD BETHLEHEM introduced Didion's trademark style--cool, cerebral, darkly witty--and marked her out as an important commentator on the American political, cultural, and literary landscape.
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"Now that Truman Capote has pronounced that such work may achieve the stature of 'art,' perhaps it is possible for this collecion to be recognized as it should be: not as a better or worse example of what some people call 'mere journalism,' but as a rich display of some of the best prose written today in this country."
Dan Wakefield (07/21/1968)
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