The Golden Age | Characters
The cast of characters in this novel is practically endless. The list is comprised of both real-life and fictional participants, including Gore Vidal himself, who makes an appearance at a party thrown by Peggy Guggenheim. Historical figures are brought into fictional being and no doubt enriched by Vidal's experiences meeting the denizens of Washington through his grandfather, Senator Thomas P. Gore. The two main characters of the novel, Caroline and Peter, are fictional, but most everyone with whom they interact are historical figures. The interaction that Vidal presents between...
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