Like his National Book Awardâwinning United States, Gore Vidalâs scintillating ninth collection, The Last Empire , affirms his reputation as our most provocative critic and observer of the modern American scene. In the...
A sweeping novel of politics, war, philosophy, and adventureâin a restored edition, featuring never-before-published material from Gore Vidalâs original manuscriptâ Creation offers a captivating grand...
"Mr. Vidal demonstrates a political imagination and insider's sagacity equaled by no other practicing fiction writer I can think of. And like the earlier novels in his historical cycle, Empire is a wonderfully vivid documentary drama." â...
Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series spans the history of the United States from the Revolution to the post-World War II years. With their broad canvas and large cast of fictional and historical characters, the novels in this series present a panorama...
Gore Vidalânovelist, playwright, critic, screenwriter, memoirist, indefatigable political commentator, and controversialistâis America's premier man of letters. No other living writer brings more sparkling wit, vast...
In Death in the Fifth Position , dashing P.R. man Peter Sargent is hired by a ballet company on the eve of a major upcoming performance.  Handling the press seems to be no problem, but when a rising star in the company is killed...
In a witty and elegant autobiography that takes up where his bestelling Palimpsest left off, the celebrated novelist, essayist, critic, and controversialist Gore Vidal reflects on his remarkable life.Writing from his desks in Ravello and the Hollywood...
A collection which brings together the best of Gore Vidal's essays, comment and criticism from his 50-year writing career. With mercurial intelligence and often outrageous forthrightness, Vidal explores his keystone subject: primarily the worlds of...
One of the master stylists of American literature, Gore Vidal now provides us with his uniquely irreverent take on America's founding fathers, bringing them to life at key moments of decision in the birthing of our nation.
How We Got To Be So Hated - Causes of Conflict in the Last Empire. Gore Vidal transcends the simplistic black-and-white sloganizing of politicians and the corporate-sponsored media, and makes a rational investigation into the causes behind the devastating...
Good Friday, 1939. T, a 16-year-old schoolboy, arrives at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. It's closed but he manages to slip in and it would appear that, somehow, he is expected. Exploring a Native American exhibit, he is magically drawn into...
This is a memoir of the first 40 years of Gore Vidal's life, ranging back and forth across a rich history. He spent his childhood in Washington DC, in the household of his grandfather, the blind senator from Oklahoma, T.P. Gore, and in the various...
In 1804, Colonel Aaron Burr, Vice-President of the United States, shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Three years later, on the order of President Thomas Jefferson, he was tried for treason: for plotting to dismember the United States. Gore Vida...