Play It as It Lays
1970 novel by Joan Didion / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Patti Scialfa album, see Play It as It Lays (album).
Play It as It Lays is a 1970 novel by American writer Joan Didion. Time magazine included the novel in its list of the "100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005".[1] The novel has been credited for helping define modern American Fiction[2] and has been described as an "instant classic".[3] It is known for depicting the nihilism and the illusory glamor of life in Hollywood,[4] as well as capturing the landscape and culture of 1960s Los Angeles.
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Author | Joan Didion |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Farrar Straus & Giroux |
Publication date | 1970 |
ISBN | 0-374-52171-9 |
OCLC | 312968389 |
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The book was adapted into a 1972 film starring Tuesday Weld as Maria and Anthony Perkins as BZ. Didion co-wrote the screenplay with her husband, John Gregory Dunne.