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1) Messiah
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When a mortician appears on television to declare that death is infinitely preferable to life, he sparks a religious movement that quickly leaves Christianity and most of Islam in the dust. Gore Vidal's deft and daring blend of satire and prophecy, first published in 1954, eerily anticipates the excesses of Jim Jones, David Koresh, and the Heaven's Gate suicide cult.
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The Last Empire is a collection of provocative, witty, and eloquent essays by Gore Vidal about all things USA. In more than two dozen essays, Vidal brings his keen intellect, experience, and razor-edged wit to bear on an astonishing range of subjects, offering incisive observations about terrorism, civil liberties, the CIA, Al Gore, and the Clintons - interwoven with a rich tapestry of personal anecdote, critical insight, and historical detail. Erudite,...
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In a witty and elegant autobiography that takes up where his bestselling 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 Hills, Vidal travels in memory through the arenas of literature, television, film, theatre, politics, and international society where he has cut a wide swath, recounting achievements and defeats,...
13) Hollywood
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American chronicle (Gore Vidal) volume 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1990
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English
14) 1876
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American chronicle (Gore Vidal) volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1976
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English
19) Empire
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American chronicle (Gore Vidal) volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1987]
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English