Tight, clean solid First UK edition.
Great condition.
Comes with original translucent dust wrapper in fair to good condition.
A tiny bit of fraying towards the edges; one small tear, closed with acid-free bookbinding tape.
"A memoir is how one remembers one's own life," Vidal says, "while an autobiography is history."
Palimpsest is a true story, but also an extraordinary work of literary imagination.
Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his acerbic epigrammatic wit.
His novels and essays interrogated the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life.
Vidal was heavily involved in politics, and unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the United States House of Representatives (for New York), and later in 1982 to the United States Senate
Tight, clean solid First UK edition.
Great condition.
Comes with original translucent dust wrapper in fair to good condition.
A tiny bit of fraying towards the edges; one small tear, closed with acid-free bookbinding tape.
"A memoir is how one remembers one's own life," Vidal says, "while an autobiography is history."
Palimpsest is a true story, but also an extraordinary work of literary imagination.
Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his acerbic epigrammatic wit.
His novels and essays interrogated the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life.
Vidal was heavily involved in politics, and unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the United States House of Representatives (for New York), and later in 1982 to the United States Senate