Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal

Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal

An intimate, authorized yet totally frank biography of Gore Vidal (1925â‚¬â€œ2012), one of the most accomplished, visible, and controversial American novelists and cultural figures of the past centuryÂ

The product of thirty years of friendship and conversation, Jay Pariniâ‚¬s Empire of Self digs behind the glittering surface of Gore Vidalâ‚¬s colorful career to reveal the complex emotional and sexual truths underlying his celebrity-strewn life. But there is plenty of glittering surface as wellâ‚¬"a virtual Whoâ‚¬s Who of the twentieth century, from Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart through the Kennedys, Johnny Carson, Leonard Bernstein, and the crÂ¨me de la crÂ¨me of Hollywood. Also a generous helping ofÂ feuds with the likes of William F. Buckley, Norman Mailer, Truman Capote, and The New York Times, among other adversaries.Â
Â Â Â The life of Gore Vidal teemed with notable incidents, famous people, and lasting achievements that call out for careful evocation and examination. Jay Parini crafts Vidalâ‚¬s life into an accessible, entertaining story that puts the experience of one of the great American figures of the postwar era into context, introduces the author and his works to a generation who may not know him, and looks behind the scenes at the man and his work in ways never possible before his death. Provided with unique access to Vidalâ‚¬s life and his papers, Parini excavates many buried skeletons yet never loses sight of his deep respect for Vidal and his astounding gifts. This is the biography Gore Vidalâ‚¬"novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, historian, wit, provocateur, and pioneer of gay rightsâ‚¬"has long needed.
Country USA
Manufacturer Doubleday
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber illustrations
ReleaseDate 2015-10-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385537568

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Doubleday
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
ReleaseDate	2015-10-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780385537568

Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal

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