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Oct 12, 1999 · Fred Kaplan enjoyed complete access to Vidal's papers, letters, and private photographs, as well as television and newsreel footage, but was guaranteed a free hand by Vidal to write as he saw fit. The result is a lively, witty, and textured life of a literary colossus.
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Feb 18, 2000 · In the biography, Kaplan describes the nights that Vidal spent at the Everard Baths, the notorious homosexual meeting place in New York, known locally as the "Ever Hard", where men of all backgrounds would go for single or multiple encounters. How did Kaplan find out about that world?
Aug 1, 2012 · Fred Kaplan: Gore Vidal had huge literary talent, some well used, some wasted. His satire showed how he prized wit, vision over truth, he says. He loved celebrity
Kaplan recognizes the posturing but doesn't get past it. He makes no attempt to sound out Gore's lifelong relationship with his companion and domestic manager, Austen. Except at the...
Known for his rapier wit and intelligence, Vidal moved with ease among the cultural elite-his grandfather was a senator, he was intimate with the Kennedys, and one of his best friends was Tennessee Williams. For this definitive biography, Fred Kaplan was given access to Vidal's papers and letters.
Aug 1, 2000 · Gore Vidal. : Fred Kaplan. Bloomsbury, Aug 1, 2000 - Biography & Autobiography - 512 pages. Novelist, culture critic, essayist, historian, comic satirist, image maker, actor, homosexual,...
Apr 23, 2013 · Known for his rapier wit and intelligence, Vidal moved with ease among the cultural elite—his grandfather was a senator, he was intimate with the Kennedys, and one of his best friends was...
