Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal by Jay Parini

Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal

Jay Parini

464 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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An intimate, authorized yet totally frank biography of Gore Vidal (1925–2012), one of the most accomplished, visible, and controversial American novelists and cultural figures of the past century The product of thirty years of friendship and conve...

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