United States: Essays 1952-1992
Sep 2018 · Sold by Crown
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A compilation of 114 classic essays from Gore Vidal.
"A marvelous compendium of sharp wit and independent judgment that confirms his status as a man of letters."
—Publishers Weekly
From the age of Eisenhower to the dawning of the Clinton era, Gore Vidal’s United States offers an incomparably rich tapestry of American intellectual and political life in a tumultuous period. It also provides the best, most sustained exposure possible to the most wide-ranging, acute, and original literary intelligence of the post–World War II years. United States is an essential book in the canon of twentieth-century American literature and an endlessly fascinating work.
"A marvelous compendium of sharp wit and independent judgment that confirms his status as a man of letters."
—Publishers Weekly
From the age of Eisenhower to the dawning of the Clinton era, Gore Vidal’s United States offers an incomparably rich tapestry of American intellectual and political life in a tumultuous period. It also provides the best, most sustained exposure possible to the most wide-ranging, acute, and original literary intelligence of the post–World War II years. United States is an essential book in the canon of twentieth-century American literature and an endlessly fascinating work.
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About the author
Gore Vidal is the author of twenty-two novels, five plays, many screenplays and short stories, more than two hundred essays, and a memoir. He is the author of the novel The Golden Age, and the essay collection, The Last Empire: Essays 1993-2000.
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