Every Time a Friend Succeeds Something Inside Me Dies
An intimate yet frank biography of Gore Vidal, one of the most accomplished, visible and controversial American novelists and cultural figures of the past century. The product of thirty years of friendship and conversation, Jay Parini''s biography probes behind the glittering surface of Vidal''s colourful life to reveal the complex emotional and sexual truth underlying his celebrity-strewn life. B...
An intimate yet frank biography of Gore Vidal, one of the most accomplished, visible and controversial American novelists and cultural figures of the past century. The product of thirty years of friendship and conversation, Jay Parini''s biography probes behind the glittering surface of Vidal''s colourful life to reveal the complex emotional and sexual truth underlying his celebrity-strewn life. B...
