The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000A new collection of provocative, witty and eloquent essays by Gore Vidal, the greatest living American man of letters and one of the finest essayists of the twentieth (and twenty-first) century. The Last Empire" is Gore Vidal's ninth collection of essays in the course of his distinguished literary career. As in the previous volumes, which include the 1993 National Book Award-winning "United States: Essays 1952-1992, Vidal displays unparalleled range and inimitable style as he deals with matters literary, historical, personal, and political. There are warm (and shrewd) appreciations of Edmund Wilson, Dawn Powell, Sinclair Lewis, and Mark Twain; polemical observations on the major figures and (as he sees it) deplorable developments in American politics, Bill Clinton, FDR, JFK, his cousin Al Gore, the CIA and the American empire, the global reach of media conglomerates, and the United States' disdain for the UN, as well as fascinating autobiographical vignettes. Pieces that have already generated shock waves include his essay in dispraise of the works of John Updike, his controversial defense of Charles Lindbergh, and his attack on the national security state that first appeared in "Vanity Fair. Nobody makes the fur fly in a more elegant and civilized fashion than Gore Vidal. He is our indispensable man. |
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... Vidal , Gore , 1925- The last empire : essays 1992-2000 / Gore Vidal.— 1st ed . p . cm . I. Title . PS3543.126 L37 2001 814'.54 - dc21 00-052320 Copyright © 2001 by Gore Vidal ISBN 0-385-50154-4 All Rights Reserved Printed in the United ...
... Vidal , Gore , 1925- The last empire : essays 1992-2000 / Gore Vidal.— 1st ed . p . cm . I. Title . PS3543.126 L37 2001 814'.54 - dc21 00-052320 Copyright © 2001 by Gore Vidal ISBN 0-385-50154-4 All Rights Reserved Printed in the United ...
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Essays 1992-2000 Gore Vidal. the importance of kin , family , clan . The clans have always been the integuments that hold together southern communities . They are often vast in numbers and intricate in their workings . Once a year , the ...
Essays 1992-2000 Gore Vidal. the importance of kin , family , clan . The clans have always been the integuments that hold together southern communities . They are often vast in numbers and intricate in their workings . Once a year , the ...
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Essays 1992-2000 Gore Vidal. is particularly intrigued by the Clinton - Gore relationship . " Gore is the single person in the world whose advice the president most val- ues . He sees Gore as a junior president . . . . When he wants a ...
Essays 1992-2000 Gore Vidal. is particularly intrigued by the Clinton - Gore relationship . " Gore is the single person in the world whose advice the president most val- ues . He sees Gore as a junior president . . . . When he wants a ...
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