“Disappointing final (or penultimate, depending on how you're counting) volume in Gore Vidal's absorbing American Empire series of historical fiction. What should have been one of the most relevant and riveting installments, dealing as it does with the FDR administration, World War Two and other major 20th century events, seems a muddled, sketchily told early draft. The elderly Vidal's focus and powers seem to be waning here, and it all seems a bit perfunctory. Still, if you've read the...”

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