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Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925), known simply as Gore Vidal, is a prolific and versatile American writer of novels, stage plays, screenplays, and essays and has been a public and often controversial figure on both the American literary and political scenes for nearly sixty years.
Biography
He was born Eugene Luther Vidal in West Point, New York, the son of Eugene Vidal and Nina Gore. His birth took place at the United States Military Academy where his father was an aeronautics instructor. Vidal later adopted as his first name the surname of his maternal grandfather Thomas P. Gore, Democratic Senator from Oklahoma.
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@parishotel how interesting, i'm reading Gore Vidal's "1876" which has scenes in Gramercy Park. i love NYC history! great book btw. xox
FaireFrouFrou (Alison & Gail Rubke) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:48:38 -0000
@parishotel how interesting, i'm reading Gore Vidal's "1876" which has scenes in Gramercy Park. i love NYC history! great book btw. xox
@JimnNoke Also read Gore Vidal's "Burr" - heavily biased, but fascinating stuff.
hughashton (Hugh Ashton) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:28:07 -0000
@JimnNoke Also read Gore Vidal's "Burr" - heavily biased, but fascinating stuff.
"It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail." -Gore Vidal
braindemon (Charles Cha) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:10:50 -0000
"It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail." -Gore Vidal
Great deal on Amazon: 'Why We Fight' by Gore Vidal, John McCain, Ke... http://bit.ly/8SMYXq
LibertyPaine (Liberty Paine) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:42:32 -0000
Great deal on Amazon: 'Why We Fight' by Gore Vidal, John McCain, Ke... http://bit.ly/8SMYXq
gore vidal y "burr": adiós al lector miserable http://mareacultural.blogspot.com/2010/01/adios-al-lector-miserable-gore-vidal.html
mareacultural (augusto rubio acosta) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:00:16 -0000
gore vidal y "burr": adiós al lector miserable http://mareacultural.blogspot.com/2010/01/adios-al-lector-miserable-gore-vidal.html
The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes. - Gore Vidal
ManagerGuru (Manager Guru) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:59:44 -0000
The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes. - Gore Vidal
Danny Yee's Book Reviews: Creation - Yee favourably reviews Gore Vidal's historical novel, which geographically spans most of the fifth century civilised world.
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Featured Author: Gore Vidal - A collection of articles and book reviews by and about Vidal from the New York Times.
Gore Vidal - Brief biography, suggestions for further reading, trivia, selected bibliography.
Gore Vidal's Billy The Kid - A review of the film by William A. Graham scripted by Gore Vidal.
Knitting Circle Gore Vidal - Gore Vidal biography, work, bibliography.
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My Book: Gore Vidal - Brief review of Gore Vidal's novel The City and the Pillar.
The Gore Vidal Index - Introduction, thumbnail reviews of Vidal's novels, book covers of foreign translations, foreign editions and foreign search list.
The New York Review of Books: Gore Vidal - Links to reviews and articles in the New York Review of Books, plus a bibliography of Vidal's books.
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Wired for Books: Gore Vidal - Interview, in RealAudio format, with Don Swaim of CBS Radio in 1992.
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