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"Wicked and provocative...Vidal's purview of Hollywood in one of its golden ages is fascinating." — Chicago Tribune In his brilliant and dazzling new novel, Gore Vidal sweeps us into one of the most fascinating periods of American political and social change. The time is 1917. In Washington,... read more
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Slowly, William Randolph Hearst lowered his vast bear-like body into a handsome Biedermeier chair, all scrolls and lyres and marquetry.
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- Gore Vidal (Author)
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