Didion, Joan,   1934-2021 <br/><br/>
The last thing he wanted / 
by Joan Didion. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - London :  Fourth Estate,   2011. 
 - 227 pages :  illustrations ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996; London: Flamingo, 1997 
<br/><br/> It is 1984 and rumbling of the Iran-Contra Affair are just beginning to stir. Large quantities of l;ethal weaponry are reaching the Nicaraguan Contras without the official sanction of the US government - but with its complicit knowledge. Meanwhile, out-of-work journalist Elena McMahon watches as her evasive, gruff father's life slowely ebbs away. Rudderless and lost, she feels compelled by a desire to understand him and resolves to do his bidding, to follow the action of Central America - by escorting a shipment of anti-personnel mines to a remote jungle. What begins as Elena's emotional journey soon becomes a cog in a much larger wheel, setting in motion a powerful political machine of intrigue and violence, political opportunism and murky underworld dealinga. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780007454242 0007454244 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women journalists--Fiction.<br/>Literatura estadounidense<br/>Historias de aventuras
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Adventure stories.<br/>Political fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS 3554  / D556l 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.54