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The Last Empire

Gore Vidal

The Last Empire

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ISBN:
9780349115283
ISBN-10:
0-349-11528-1

Abacus

An Abacus title

Gore Vidal's new collection of essays shows him still writing at his finest. His comments on the deplorable state of American politics - from Bill Clinton to George Bush - are as apposite as ever and, controversially, there are two magnificent essays on the Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh - who entered into an extraordinary correspondence with Vidal when he was in gaol - to the recent terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

Reviews

  • 'A collection of Gore Vidal's essays is always welcome, for wit, insight and passion rarely seen elsewhere in print.' SUNDAY TRIBUNE
  • 'The century's finest essayist' SPECTATOR
  • 'A class act…a few hours in his company is still a panacea for all ills' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
  • 'Vidal's combination of learning, wit and disdain gets into your blood. He can change the way you think' OBSERVER

Paperback: £10.99

Published 04/04/2002

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