 First edition | |
| Author | Joan Didion |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subjects | American politics, political journalism |
| Genre | Essays |
| Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | 2001 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 352 pp (Knopf hardcover edition) |
| ISBN | 0-375-41338-3 (Knopf hardcover edition) |
| OCLC | 47913664 |
| 973.929 21 | |
| LC Class | E839.5 .D52 2001 |
Political Fictions is a 2001 book of essays by Joan Didion on the American political process.
In it, Didion discusses the presidency of Ronald Reagan, the 1988, 1992 and 2000 presidential elections, the Republican takeover of Congress in the 1994 elections, the impeachment of Bill Clinton, as well as the works of journalists Bob Woodward and Michael Isikoff. The collection includes two of the three essays previously published in the "Washington" section of Didion's 1992 essay collection After Henry.
In 2002, Political Fictions won the George Polk Book Award.[1]
- ^ Lueck, Thomas J. (20 February 2002). "Polk Awards to BBC, The Times, The Daily News and The Wall Street Journal". The New York Times.