Gore Vidal: A Biography - Hardcover

Kaplan, Fred

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385477031 ISBN 13: 9780385477031

Verlag: Doubleday, 1999

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Book by Kaplan Fred

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A compelling new biography of one of America's most enigmatic writers recalls a controversial life lived in the literary arts, and on the cusp of social acceptability, as an outspoken novelist, culture critic, essayist, historian, comic, satirist, actor, homosexual, and a vocal critic of American foreign and domestic policy. 30,000 first printing.

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ltural critic, essayist, historian, comic satirist, image maker, provocateur, actor, homosexual, bisexual...controversial, brilliant, confrontational, unflinching, cynical, idealistic...finding words to describe Gore Vidal is never difficult. And yet, an accurate picture of this multifaceted chameleon has eluded us until now. Here, at last, is a vastly entertaining biography of an American icon.

From his Washington childhood, a world of high political and social connections and domestic turmoil, to his Exeter education and U.S. Army experiences; from his Hollywood and television career to his literary life as a novelist, playwright, and essayist; from his friendships and feuds with Tennessee Williams, Anaïs Nin, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and William Buckley to his exploration of homosexuality and celebration of bisexuality; from his cool satirical analyses of "the rich, the famous and the powerful" to his projection of himself onto the national stage of television talk

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• Verlag: Doubleday
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0385477031
• ISBN 13: 9780385477031
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 850