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I liked "The White Album" even more! Beyond those two I can't universally recommend.

I read those around the same time as I re-read Neuromancer (written only 15 years later) -- i found a similar descriptive style and sense of detachment from their characters set in deeply changing worlds. might have just been my mood.

Then there's Fear and Loathing - same time and place as Didion and also an author whose personality is as important as the writing. quite a different vibe, though





The White Album is awesome. Other Didion on California is kind of conservative and dismissive of the changes in culture among young people.

Her writing on El Salvador is excellent as well.



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