The Essential Gore Vidal
$105.11
- Paperback
1024 pages
- Release Date
6 December 2000
Summary
Vidal writes with ease and grace, and roams through many subjects and genres. He is a master of the historical novel, in which he has explored American history, ancient history, and the history of religion. He has developed his own style of science fiction combined with satire, and in the books he refers to as his ‘inventions’ he writes cautionary tales about sex, politics, art, and philosophy. He is at once a contrarian, a wise man, and a romantic. He is also wickedly funny, and often outrag…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349112671 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349112673 |
| Author: | Gore Vidal |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1024 |
| Release Date: | 6 December 2000 |
| Weight: | 698g |
| Dimensions: | 51mm x 129mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
There is no one quite like him, and if you do not know his work you should
Falling somewhere between the realms of Henry Adams and all of Monty Python, Gore Vidal has for many years served as America’s own Tiresias - a seer and a scourge as well as an entertainer of the highest order - Jay McInerney
A feast of Gore - John Sutherland, Sunday TimesIt is Vidal himself who is essential. Hail to the chief - Victoria Glendinning, Daily TelegraphThere is no one quite like him, and if you do not know his work you should - Erica Wagner, The TimesGore Vidal is the most elegant, erudite and eclectic writer of his generation - Roy Hattersley, GuardianA figure whose vibrant verbal presence has itself been an essential of American cultural life for the past fifty-odd years - Sylvia Brownrigg, TLSGore Vidal
Gore Vidal is one of the greatest living American novelists and essayists. He has written numerous Hollywood screenplays, including BEN HUR, and ran as a Democratic candidate for Congress. He appeared with Tim Robbins in the film BOB ROBERTS.
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