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South and West: From a Notebook
by Joan Didion
I didn't really enjoy this book, although it was interesting to glimpse the mechanics of a writer's brain - observations, details, dialogue. The book is mainly Didion's notes from a month-long road trip through the South. Many of her observations made me chuckle or shake my head in recognition.
"... the Demopolis police force (nine of them) pouring out 214 gallons of confiscated moonshine."
"The legality or illegality of liquor in the South seems a complication to outsiders, and is scarcely considered by the residents."
"About the cathouse: the notion that an accepted element in the social order is a whorehouse goes hand in hand with the woman on the pedestal."
"... the Demopolis police force (nine of them) pouring out 214 gallons of confiscated moonshine."
"The legality or illegality of liquor in the South seems a complication to outsiders, and is scarcely considered by the residents."
"About the cathouse: the notion that an accepted element in the social order is a whorehouse goes hand in hand with the woman on the pedestal."