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Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal (1925–2012) was born at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His first novel, Williwaw, written when he was 19 years old and serving in the army, appeared in the spring of 1946. He wrote 23 novels, five plays, many screenplays, short stories, well over 200 essays, and a memoir.
Palimpsest
Myra Breckinridge
Death in the Fifth Position
Death Before Bedtime
Death Likes It Hot
Selected Essays of Gore Vidal
Point to Point Navigation
The City and the Pillar
Julian
Creation
The Last Empire
The Golden Age
Hollywood
Empire
Washington, D.C.
Burr
1876
Lincoln
The Messiah
Live from Golgotha

Books

Palimpsest
Myra Breckinridge
Death in the Fifth Position
Death Before Bedtime
Death Likes It Hot
Selected Essays of Gore Vidal
Point to Point Navigation
The City and the Pillar
Julian
Creation
The Last Empire
The Golden Age
Hollywood
Empire
Washington, D.C.
Burr
1876
Lincoln
The Messiah
Live from Golgotha

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