Gore Vidal is the author of twenty-two novels, five plays,many screenplays and short stories, more than two hundred essays, and a memoir. Two novels in his Narratives of Empire series, Lincoln and 1876, were the subject of cover stories in Time and Newsweek, respectively. In 1993, a collection of his criticism, United States:Essays 1952-1992, won the National Book Award. He divides his time between Ravello, Italy, and Los Angeles.
"[A] true magnum opus."
--The New York Times
"A smart, witty Washington novel... You'll be gripped to the edge
of your Chesterfield... Long live Gore Vidal."
--Chicago Sun-Times
"Rich in dialogue and mirthless humor, The Golden Age is... a
worthy conclusion to one of the finest sustained historical visions
in American literature."
--The New York Observer
This concluding volume to Vidal's history of the American "empire" covers the period from 1939 to the end of the Korean War, with a brief coda set in the present and Vidal himself serving as the narrator. At the cusp of World War II, Roosevelt is plotting his own reelection to an unprecedented third term and looking for a way to insure popular support for American involvement in the fight against Hilter. Once again, a descendant of Aaron Burr finds himself at the center of the political, social, and, to a lesser extent, cultural whirl. With the right family connections to gain him entry into the portals of power and the literary abilities that allow him to found a successful magazine of commentary, Peter Sanford cynically observes as F.D.R. maneuvers us into war and as Truman the haberdasher digs in against the "Communist menace." The novel is replete with a lively cast of both real and imagined characters and exhibits the typical Vidal wit and erudition. As were the earlier volumes in this series (e.g., Lincoln, 1876), this is likely to be very popular with a library audience. Essential for all public and academic libraries collecting Vidal's work. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 5/1/00.]DDavid W. Henderson, Eckerd Coll. Lib., St. Petersburg, FL Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
"[A] true magnum opus."
--The New York Times
"A smart, witty Washington novel... You'll be gripped to
the edge of your Chesterfield... Long live Gore Vidal."
--Chicago Sun-Times
"Rich in dialogue and mirthless humor, The Golden
Age is... a worthy conclusion to one of the finest sustained
historical visions in American literature."
--The New York Observer
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