have been woven together to provide a continuous narrative. Selections from the American history novels - BURR, LINCOLN, 1876, EMPIRE, and WASHINGTON, D.C. There are selections from THE CITY AND THE PILLAR, his early, controversial novel about homosexual love, and excerpts from later works as JULIAN, DULUTH, and LIVE FROM GOLGOTHA. This collection (the only single volume that includes Vidal's fiction and his essays) contains two complete works - MYRA BRECKINRIDGE, his most famous novel, and THE BEST MAN, a play about the American presidency. He is also wickedly funny, and often outrageous. He is at once a contrarion, a wise man, and a romantic. He has developed his own style of science fiction combined with satire, and in the books he refers to as his 'inventions' he writes cautionary tales about sex, politics, art, and philosophy. He is a master of the historical novel, in which he has explored American history, ancient history, and the history of religion. Vidal writes with ease and grace, and roams through many subjects and genres. * The very best of Gore Vidal's fiction and non-fiction including for eg correspondence with Jackie Kennedy.
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