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United States (Magill Book Reviews)

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In UNITED STATES, Gore Vidal has gathered two-thirds of the scores of essays, observations, articles, and polemics he has published since 1952. The collection will delight readers who appreciate an attentive observer. Vidal, whose use of language is unsurpassed in contemporary American literature, writes in a modern fashion reminiscent in style and tone of Montaigne and Addison: a direct, conversational approach to the reader in which even the most serious subject is approached with wit.

In an author’s note, Vidal points out that his essays, although composed over nearly half...

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