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Gore Vidal obituary (Guardian)
Novelist, playwright and essayist with a
complete mastery of the scene he described
Daily Telegraph: Obituary: Gore Vidal
Associated Press: Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies
Gore Vidal obituary (Guardian)
Novelist, playwright and essayist with a
complete mastery of the scene he described
the rest at the linkGore Vidal, the American writer, controversialist and politician manqué, who has died aged 86, was celebrated both for his caustic wit and his mandarin's poise. His public career spanned seven decades and included 25 novels, numerous collections of essays on literature and politics, a volume of short stories, five Broadway plays, dozens of television plays and film scripts, and even three mystery novels written under the pseudonym Edgar Box. After 9/11 and the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, he returned to centre stage with a series of blistering pamphlets and public pronouncements that led many, including his former friend Christopher Hitchens, to pounce on him. But Vidal never looked back.
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Daily Telegraph: Obituary: Gore Vidal
Associated Press: Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies