Book of Daily Prayers

The novel The Book of Daily Prayers by American novelist and reporter Joan Didion is set in a fictional, politically unstable Central American country called Boca Grande. Here, the life paths of the narrator and trained anthropologist Grace Strasser-Mendan intersect with the seemingly guileless Charlotte Douglas, whose daughter the FBI is searching for.

In this novel, the legendary writer presents herself as an implacable, sharp, and extremely accurate observer of geopolitical events and private dramas with a flair for dialogue and shorthand. The ability to captivatingly sketch human destiny and, in sharply illuminated situations, erode ideas about the meaning of an individual' s life and the possibility of knowing it are the reasons why Joan Didion' s books still offer a captivating and disturbing reading experience.