United States: Essays, 1952-1992 - Hardcover

Vidal, Gore

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679414894 ISBN 13: 9780679414896

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1993

Synopsis

In an anthology of more than one hundred essays, representing forty years of commentary, observations, and profiles, the iconoclastic author of Live from Golgotha shares his wit and wisdom on American politics, culture, literature, and personalities.

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Review:

Magnificent...irresistable from beginning to end. ( THE TIMES)

All the Vidals are on display in this glittering showcase... Long may he continue to nip and bite at the flanks of the corrupt, the powerful, the moronic and the self-serving. ( GUARDIAN)

The arc and span of Vidal's erudition and intelligence are prodigious... for forty years it has been Vidal's vocation to restore a witty and classically literate sense of memory and historical continuity to a country he calls "Amnesia" ( INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY)

Vidal is the outstanding literary radical of America. ( Melvyn Bragg)

Book Description:

A collection of essays taken from 40 years of the author's work. It is divided into three sections: State of the Art , which covers literature; State of the Union , which deals with politics and public life; and State of Being , which gives his personal responses to people and events.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0679414894
• ISBN 13: 9780679414896
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1295