The Last Thing He Wanted.

DIDION, Joan.

Item Number: 115619

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.

Advanced reader’s edition of the first edition of this lucid and surreal thriller by Didion. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine slipcase.

"Remarkable... Didion has created a menacing world where the reader is held hostage" (Los Angeles Times). "Dark detail, understatement and intelligence work their astonishing magic" (The New York Times Book Review). It is the basis for the 2020 film directed by Dee Rees starring Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Edi Gathegi, Mel Rodriguez, Toby Jones, and Willem Dafoe.