A THIRSTY EVIL
Gore Vidal
Sold by Plot Twist, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 19 January 2026
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Fine
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Add to basketSold by Plot Twist, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 19 January 2026
Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketAbout this Item Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Blue cloth quarterbound in beige cloth. Dustjacket has minor shed wear. The spine is stamped in blue. Octavo. 154pps. Stated First Edition. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Slightest wear in boarders (please see pictures) The text is bright and immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is also as new; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price is intact. The finest copy of this book I could find. Two Sisters: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel by Gore Vidal is a fictional memoir that interweaves various narrative forms, including a novel, a diary, notebooks, and a screenplay set in ancient Greece. The book's main plot revolves around a love affair with a beautiful set of twins in post-war Paris. The narrative is a complex, experimental work that explores themes of sexuality and is structured around a story of incest told through different perspectives and formats. Real-life figures such as Jean Cocteau and Tennessee Williams appear as characters alongside fictional ones. SYNOPSIS Gore Vidal again demonstrates in these seven stories that maturity of craftsmanship and individuality which has gained him an important place among writers. He has wit; he has variety; he has a style. Of the hundreds of new writers to come out of the Second World War, only a handful have continued to develop, to grow. He has survived notoriety and early success to achieve a career of letters that is unique, a body of work that is substantial, a perception of reality which is precise and illuminating. After reading 'A Moment of Green Laurel,' published here for the first time, one appreciates the comment of The Times Literary Supplement: 'It is quite possible for a successful young novelist like Mr. Gore Vidal to live in America and prevent anything he does not want from impinging on his consciousness and, as he matures, a correlation between his standards and those he does not follow. From the fusion a peculiarly American literature developes.
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