Gore Vidal
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Gore Vidal: A Critical Companion
By Susan Baker, Steve Gibson, Curtis S. Gibsonenemies , David Herold . In temperament , Herold resembles several of Vidal's early protagonists , although he lacks the privileged background most of them share . He is young , physically attractive , and intelligent ( though minimally ...
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Gore Vidal: A Comprehensive Bibliography
By S. T. JoshiThesaurus of Book Digests 1950–1980 . New York : Crown , 1981 . Includes : “ The City and the Pillar ” ( 87 ) ; “ Kalki ” ( 240–41 ) ; “ Matters of Fact and Fiction " [ sic ] ( 291 ) ; “ Messiah ” ( 298 ) ; “ Myra Breckenridge ” ( sic ) ...
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Gore Vidal: A Biography
By Fred KaplanFor this definitive biography, Fred Kaplan was given access to Vidal’s papers and letters. The result is an insightful and entertaining portrait of an exceptional and mercurial writer.
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Gore Vidal: Sexually Speaking, Collected Sex Writings
By Gore VidalGore Vidal: Sexually Speaking presents the author's often provocative and always engaging thoughts on sexuality. Here, fourteen essays and three rare, vintage interviews published over the past four decades tackle...
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Gore Vidal: Writer Against the Grain
By Jay Parini, Axinn Professor of English Jay PariniThis is partly owing to the vast scope of his writings, which include more than twenty novels, half a dozen plays, dozens of screenplays, countless essays and book reviews, political commentary, and short stories; how do the critics ...
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Gore Vidal: Snapshots in History's Glare
By Gore VidalThis book is Gore Vidal's visual memoir of his remarkable and famously well-lived life. In this collection of photographs, letters, manuscripts, and other selections from Vidal's vast personal archives, readers...