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Gore Vidal

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Gore Vidal (1925–2012) was born at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. His first novel, Williwaw, appeared in the spring of 1946. He wrote more than twenty-four novels, five plays, many screenplays, and more than two hundred essays. Vidal’s United States: Essays 1952–1992 won the 1993 National Book Award. He died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of eighty-six.

Gore Vidal Books

Palimpsest book cover

Palimpsest

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Conversations with JFK book cover

Conversations with JFK

Michael O'Brien
Myra Breckinridge book cover

Myra Breckinridge

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United States: Essays 1952-1992 book cover

United States: Essays 1952-1992

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1876 book cover

1876

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Julian book cover

Julian

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Homage to Daniel Shays book cover

Homage to Daniel Shays

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Creation

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The City and the Pillar book cover

The City and the Pillar

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At Home book cover

At Home

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The Second American Revolution and Other Essays 1976 - 1982 book cover

The Second American Revolution and Other Essays 1976 - 1982

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Washington, D.C. book cover

Washington, D.C.

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Thieves Fall Out book cover

Thieves Fall Out

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I Told You So: Gore Vidal Talks Politics book cover

I Told You So: Gore Vidal Talks Politics

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The Golden Age

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Burr

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Lincoln

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Hollywood

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Death in the Fifth Position book cover

Death in the Fifth Position

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Death Likes It Hot

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