Dimensions
129 x 196 x 51mm
The range and size of Gore Vidal's literary achievement is remarkable. He is a master of the historical novel, the novel of ideas, theatre, satire and science fiction, and is an essayist of deserved distinction. He is at once a contrarian, a wise man and a romantic, wickedly funny, and often outrageous. The Essential Gore Vidal is both a place to start reading Vidal and a place to return for refreshment. It contains two complete long works - the novel Myra Breckinridge and the play The Best Man, selections from his other fiction and twenty-five essays on subjects from philosophy to politics to sex.