Mark Arax, Author . Public Affairs $26.95 (347p) ISBN 978-1-58648-390-6
These swift, penetrating essays from former Los Angeles Times
writer Arax (In My Father's Name
) take the measure of contemporary California with a sure and supple hand, consciously but deservedly taking its place alongside Didion's and...
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Mark Arax, Author Simon & Schuster $24 (400p) ISBN 978-0-684-80845-1
In 1972, Arax's father, Ara, was killed by two shooters at his Fresno nightclub, when Mark was 15; the murder was never solved. But the bond between father and son was especially strong, and Mark, who went on to become a journalist with the Los...
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Mark Arax. Knopf, $30 (592p) ISBN 978-1-101-87520-9
Journalist Arax (The King of California) goes both deep and wide in this massive exploration of the relationships between California’s natural patterns of drought and flood, its elaborate and aging water distribution systems, and those who work in...
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