Although I’ve heard of her, with many of her books on those ‘books you must read before you die’ lists, I’d never read any Joan Didion before. Following this, I’ll definitely be reading her again. A series of essays on elements of American life from the late 60’s to the late 70’s, The White Album documents the death throes of the sixties amidst the Manson murders, where you could often find a complete stranger wandering around your house in LA neighbourhoods gone to seed, meeting […]