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1. www.timeshighereducation.com › features › the-livesThe lives and loves of the ubiquitous Gore Vidal

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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?

2. www.fredkaplanbiographer.com › gore-vidal-aGore Vidal: A Biography - Fred Kaplan Author Page

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   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.

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4. www.cnn.com › 2012/08/01 › opinionVidal’s magnificent strengths, appalling weaknesses | CNN

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   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

5. archive.nytimes.com › www › library'Gore Vidal': Long and Short of Gore Vidal's Life

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   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...

6. www.goodreads.com › en › bookGore Vidal: A Biography by Fred Kaplan - Goodreads

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   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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7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gore_VidalGore Vidal - Wikipedia

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   On the contrary, it clearly states that we published that article because we believed that Vidal had a right to assert his opinions, even though we did not share them." [85] In Gore Vidal: A Biography (1999), Fred Kaplan said that "The court had 'not' sustained Buckley's case against Esquire ... [that] the court had 'not' ruled that Vidal's ...

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   What did Fred Kaplan say about Gore Vidal?

   • In Gore Vidal: A Biography (1999), Fred Kaplan said that "The court had 'not' sustained Buckley's case against Esquire ... [that] the court had 'not' ruled that Vidal's article was 'defamatory'. It had ruled that the case would have to go to trial in order to determine, as a matter of fact, whether or not it was defamatory.

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   Who did Gore Vidal discuss before his death?

   • Not long before his death, Gore Vidal agreed to talk about the most important women in his life. In their conversations, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins, and Susan Sarandon, among others, were discussed by Judy Balaban, who recalls Gore Vidal's strong bonds with these women as well as his complicated relationship with his mother.

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   Who was Gore Vidal?

   • As a public intellectual, Gore Vidal's topical debates on sex, politics, and religion with other intellectuals and writers occasionally turned into quarrels with the likes of William F. Buckley Jr. and Norman Mailer. As a novelist, Vidal explored the nature of corruption in public and private life.

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   Did Gore Vidal die in Los Angeles?

   • "Los Angeles, è morto lo scrittore Gore Vidal". Corriere della Sera. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012. ^ "Gore Vidal: le trouble-fête de l'Amérique" [Gore Vidal: The Killjoy of America]. Le Figaro (in French). January 8, 2012. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012.

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   Did Gore Vidal remember Buckley?

   • In the obituary "RIP WFB – in Hell" (March 20, 2008), Vidal remembered Buckley, who had died on February 27, 2008. Later, in the interview "Literary Lion: Questions for Gore Vidal" (June 15, 2008), New York Times reporter Deborah Solomon asked Vidal: "How did you feel, when you heard that Buckley died this year?" Vidal responded:

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   Why did Vidal become a mess officer?

   • After three years in service, Vidal suffered hypothermia, developed rheumatoid arthritis and, consequently, was reassigned to duty as a mess officer. Vidal's literary works were influenced by numerous other writers, poets and playwrights, novelists and essayists. These include, from antiquity, Petronius (d.

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9. books.google.com › books › aboutGore Vidal: A Biography - Fred Kaplan - Google Books

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   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,...