United States (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)

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“Every now and then, usually while shaving, I realize that I have lived through nearly one third of the history of the United States,” writes Gore Vidal in one of the many splendid essays gathered in United States: Essays 1952-1992. It is indisputable that Vidal not only has experienced and chronicled much of his nation’s history but also has also written some of the shrewdest, wittiest, and most perceptive commentary on the arts (in particular, literature), politics, and mores of that once-austere republic turned gaudy empire. Noted as a novelist, playwright, and...

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