Vi·dal

(vĭ-däl′), (Eugene Luther) Gore 1925-2012.

American writer noted for his cynical humor and his numerous accounts of society in decline. His works include the novel Myra Breckinridge (1968) and the play The Best Man (1960).

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While there's, happily, little armchair psychology about what makes Gore Vidal Gore Vidal, there's no question, in Kaplan's telling, about the influences of great wealth and of Vidal's destructive mother, Nina.

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