Palimpsest: A Memoir
a memoir
$27.52
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
26 September 1996
Summary
Palimpsest: Gore Vidal’s First Forty Years
A captivating journey through the formative years of Gore Vidal, Palimpsest unveils a rich tapestry of history and personal experience.
Venture into Vidal’s childhood, spent in the vibrant atmosphere of Washington D.C., under the roof of his influential grandfather, Senator T.P. Gore, and navigating the complexities of his mother, Nina’s, life.
Follow his path through St. Albans and Exeter, his time in the army, and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349108001 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349108005 |
| Author: | Gore Vidal, Jay Parini |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 26 September 1996 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 30mm |
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Wonderfully entertaining. You want the high-level political gossip? You get it here… it offers all the zing of a Dry Martini without the danger of getting drunk.
An engrossing and beguiling read. Admirably candid, refreshingly indiscreet, intelligent and full of wit, it is also startlingly original… an unequivocal triumph. - William Boyd, DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR
He does not narrate his life: he revives it. The result is something quite novel and wonderfully appealing, a critical biography of himself…Vidal’s life might even be his greatest work. - INDEPENDENTWonderfully entertaining. You want the high-level political gossip? You get it here… it offers all the zing of a Dry Martini without the danger of getting drunk. - DAILY TELEGRAPHPALIMPSEST is a tremendous read, down and dirty from start to finish. It is also a proud and serious and truthful book… - SUNDAY TIMESAbout The Author
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal was the author of twenty-two novels, five plays, numerous screenplays, more than two hundred essays, and the critically lauded PALIMPSEST: A MEMOIR.
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