Gore Vidal: A Biography - Brossura

Kaplan, Fred

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ISBN 10: 038547704X ISBN 13: 9780385477048

Casa editrice: Anchor Books, 2000

Riassunto

A compelling new biography of one of America's most enigmatic writers recalls a controversial life lived in the literary arts, and on the cusp of social acceptability, as an outspoken novelist, culture critic, essayist, historian, comic, satirist, actor, homosexual, and a vocal critic of American foreign and domestic policy. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"Fascinating--. Vidal's life is so full of incident and celebrity, so much at the center of power and glamour, Kaplan's book is a pageant of entertaining stories."--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Kaplan must be commended...a splendid job."--San Francisco Chronicle

"An invaluable font of research."--The Washington Post

L'autore:

Fred Kaplan is Distinguished Professor of English Literature at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the editor of The Essential Gore Vidal; and the author of the biographies Henry James; Dickens; and Thomas Carlyle, which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Kaplan lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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• Editore: Anchor Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 038547704X
• ISBN 13: 9780385477048
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Numero di pagine: 896