The Smithsonian Institution
Vidal, Gore
ISBN 10: 0375501215 ISBN 13: 9780375501210
Published by Random House, 1998
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About this Item
Description:
Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers. Seller Inventory # 00102721495
Synopsis:
The accomplished author's twenty-fourth novel combines his ongoing interest in American history with outrageous satire, science fiction, and social commentary, featuring a teenaged scientist who is recruited by the Smithsonian Institution to change history. 75,000 first printing.
Review:
Falling somewhere between the realms of Henry Adams and all of Monty Python... (Jay McInerny)
This is a jeu d'esprit, an iridescent bubble of a book (SUNDAY TIMES)
America's best living novelist (Allan Massie)
Vidal's combination of learning, wit and disdain gets into your blood. He can change the way you think - the only definition of a great writer which makes sense (OBSERVER)
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Smithsonian Institution
Publisher: Random House
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good