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NYT > Books ([info]nytbooks) wrote,
@ 2015-10-18 21:28:00

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Books of The Times: Review: In ‘Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal,’ Jay Parini Catalogs More Than

http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/4ac61dd4/sc/15/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C10A0C190Cbooks0Creview0Ein0Eempire0Eof0Eself0Ea0Elife0Eof0Egore0Evidal0Ejay0Eparini0Ecatalogs0Emore0Ethan0Eilluminates0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/19/books/review-in-empire-of-self-a-life-of-gore-vidal-jay-parini-catalogs-more-than-illuminates.html

Vidal gets what he wished for: To be taken seriously as a novelist. Unfortunately, this means that page after page is spent synopsizing his work.










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