Hollywood
Number 5 in series
$36.15
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
23 May 1994
Summary
Continuing what has been dubbed his ‘revenge on two hundred years of American history’, Gore Vidal locates this novel in Washington. But this is 1917, and Hollywood is now competing with America’s capital as the nation’s power-base, just as it fights for centre-stage in this book.
Caroline Sanford, erstwhile newspaper magnate, launches herself into the West Coast land of celluloid dreams and becomes, overnight, an international star. Not for nothing, on the dawn of World War One, is C…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349105260 |
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| ISBN-10: | 034910526X |
| Author: | Gore Vidal |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 23 May 1994 |
| Weight: | 351g |
| Dimensions: | 35mm x 171mm x 199mm |
| Series: | Narratives of empire |
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Critics Review
Rich, readable stuff, and only Vidal could make it work
Addictive … almost indecently entertaining - NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Rich, readable stuff, and only Vidal could make it work - FINANCIAL TIMESGore Vidal’s magnificent series of historical novels or novelised histories’ Gabriel Garc?a M?rquezGore Vidal
Gore Vidal has been at the centre of literary and intellectual life for half a century. He died on 31st July 2012.
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