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Play It as It Lays
novel by Joan Didion
For the Patti Scialfa album, see Play It as It Lays (album).
Play It as It Lays is a novel by American writer Joan Didion.
Time magazine included the novel in its list of the best English-language novels from to [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 s Los Angeles.
Didion joan play it as it lays
The book was adapted into a film starring Tuesday Weld as Maria and Anthony Perkins as BZ. Didion co-wrote the screenplay with her husband, John Gregory Dunne.
Plot
year-old Maria Wyeth's story begins as she is recovering from an implied mental breakdown in a psychiatric hospital in the Los Angeles area.
Her journey oscillates between dizzying and domestic, as her acting career slows and her personal