Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal

by Jay Parini

Book Overview

An intimate, authorized yet totally frank biography of Gore Vidal (1925-2012), one of the most accomplished, visible, and controversial American novelists and cultural figures of the past century The product of thirty years of friendship and conversation, Jay Parini's Empire of Self digs behind the glittering surface of Gore Vidal's colorful career to reveal the complex emotional and sexual truths underlying his celebrity-strewn life. But there is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385537565
• ISBN13: 9780385537568
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"