QUICK FACTS Name: Vidal Gore Birth Year: 1925 Birth date: October 3
Although first published way back in 1964, Julian remains one of the best-selling Gore
His historical novels should be mandatory
Gore Vidal was an American author who was best known for his political commentary
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Hollywood (1990), sixth book in his Narratives of Empire series, ISBN 0-375-70875-8
Gore Vidal, the American author, playwright and commentator who became a celebrity for his writing as much as for his outspokenness on the issues of the day Gore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, died Tuesday at age 86, his nephew s Updated at 3:40 a
His many works include the memoirs Point to Point Navigation and Palimpsest, the novels The City and the Pillar, Myra Breckinridge, and Lincoln, and the collection United States: Essays 1952–1992
American author and essayist Gore Vidal died at his home on Tuesday from complications of pneumonia
And quite enough, all in all
Like his National Book Award—winning United States, Gore Vidal’s scintillating ninth collection, The Last Empire, affirms his reputation as our most provocative critic and observer of the modern American scene
These are almost invariably irreverent, as is the biting wit that makes an appearance at every opportunity
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James Albert Michener is best known for his sweeping multi-generation historical fiction sagas, usually focusing on and titled after a particular geographical region
A precocious talent, he began writing poems and stories as a young teen-ager and took his first stab at novels before he was out of high school
Penned plays, scripts, novels, essays Gore Vidal, 86, a celebrated writer, cultural gadfly and occasional political candidate, died of pneumonia Tuesday at his Hollywood Hills, Calif
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Gore Vidal produced 25 novels, including the best-selling Burr and Myra Breckenridge, more than 200 essays and several plays
He created an international sensation in the late '40s with The City and the Pillar, a novel that shattered the taboo barring frank portrayal of sexuality in American literature