Selected Essays by Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal--novelist, playwright, critic, screenwriter, memoirist, indefatigable political commentator, and controversialist--is America's premier man of letters. No other living writer brings more sparkling wit, vast learning, indelible personality, and provocative mirth to the job of writing an essay.This long-needed volume comprises some twenty-four of his best-loved pieces of criticism, political commentary, memoir, portraiture, and, occasionally, unfettered score settling. It will stand as one of the most enjoyable and durable works from the hand and mind of this vastly accomplished and entertaining immortal of American literature.
** 'Vidal never writes a pedestrian sentence; whatever he's talking about, you're going to pick up something memorable, informative, outrageous, or sometimes all three at onceNo bookself is civilised without this * GUARDIAN *
** 'America's finest essayist at his most astringent * INDEPENDENT *
** 'America's finest essayist at his most astringent * INDEPENDENT *
Gore Vidal was at the centre of literary and intellectual life for half a century and wrote 'The Narratives of a Golden Age' series as well as countless bestsellers. He died on 31st July 2012.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349120454 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349120455 |
| Title | Selected Essays |
| Author | Gore Vidal |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2007-12-06 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
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