Gore Vidal



Gore Vidal

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born October 23, 1925
place of birth West Point, New York, United States
website http://www.pitt.edu/~kloman/vidalframe.html
genre Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Eugene Luther Gore Vidal is an American author of novels, stage plays, screenplays, and essays, and the scion of a prominent political family. He is an outspoken critic of the American political Establishment, and a noted wit and social critic who wrote the ground-breaking The City and the Pillar (1948) that outraged mainstream critics as the first major American novel to feature unambiguous homosexuality.

books by Gore Vidal

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avg rating: 3.82 | 4007 ratings | 95 distinct works
Lincoln: A Novel Lincoln: A Novel (Paperback)
by Gore Vidal
avg rating 4.19 — 391 ratings — published 1984
17 editions
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Burr: A Novel Burr: A Novel (Paperback)
by Gore Vidal
avg rating 4.06 — 391 ratings — published 1973
14 editions
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Julian: A Novel Julian: A Novel (Paperback)
by Gore Vidal
avg rating 4.09 — 236 ratings — published 1964
3 editions
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Myra Breckinridge Myra Breckinridge (Hardcover)
by Gore Vidal
avg rating 3.47 — 210 ratings — published 1968
8 editions
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1876: A Novel 1876: A Novel (Paperback)
by Gore Vidal
avg rating 3.74 — 177 ratings — published 2000
10 editions
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Creation: A Novel Creation: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Gore Vidal
avg rating 4.08 — 151 ratings — published 1982
13 editions
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The City and the Pillar: A Nov... The City and the Pillar: A Novel (Paperback)
by Gore Vidal
avg rating 3.83 — 161 ratings — published 2003
16 editions
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Perpetual War for Perpetual Pe... Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace (Paperback)
by Gore Vidal
avg rating 3.83 — 156 ratings — published 2002
2 editions
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Palimpsest: A Memoir Palimpsest: A Memoir (Paperback)
by Gore Vidal
avg rating 4.07 — 136 ratings — published 1996
8 editions
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Live from Golgotha: The Gospel... Live from Golgotha: The Gospel According to Gore Vidal (Paperback)
by Gore Vidal
avg rating 3.58 — 144 ratings — published 1993
6 editions
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quotes by Gore Vidal

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"Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half."
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"Write something, even if it's just a suicide note. "
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"There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise."
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