false <![CDATA[Palimpsest: A Memoir]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165722346m/8715.jpg 8715 8 A candid memoir of Vidal's first 40 years of life. His famous skills as a raconteur, his forthrightness, and his wicked wit are brilliantly at work in these recollections of a difficult family, talented friends, and interesting enemies. 11643 book 1995 Palimpsest: A Memoir total:276|5:92|4:101|3:66|2:13|1:4| 276 1092 401 22 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 06:31:03 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 14:56:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 07 16:38:48 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 14 17:20:34 -0700 2008
You can accuse most memoir-writers of name dropping, but with a guy like Vidal, it would be impossible not to name check constantly. He was friends with Tennessee Williams, Kinsey, and Anais Nin, enemies with Capote a...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 28 20:07:24 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 20:09:45 -0700 2009
Gore is sometimes unreadable to me, but more often than not, I find it challenging in a good way: it's like the Dylan memoir -- you find yourself trying to figure out if the confusion is because of him or because of you, or because worth...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 26 22:18:38 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 19:57:34 -0800 2009
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I read this book before I read anything by Gore Vidal. I can't remember why. It's a really good book though about his life up until his mid twenties, I believe. There's a lot of good stuff ab...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 13 18:25:15 -0800 2007 Wed Jun 11 20:02:42 -0700 2008
Gore Vidal is THE definitive American essayist-- commenting on 1950s Hollywood lore ("Rosebud" was really Orson Welle's euphemism for his wife's clitoris!) & American politics.

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