gore vidal

     

Eugene Luther Gore Vial (born October 3, 1925; pronounced /ˌgɔər vɪˈdɑːl/ or /vɪˈdæl/) is an American author of novels, stage plays, screenplays, and essays, and the scion of a prominent political family. He is an outspoken critic of the American political Establishment, and a noted wit and social critic who wrote the ground-breaking The City and the Pillar (1948) that outraged mainstream critics as the first major American novel to feature unambiguous homosexuality.

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  • His novel “Burr” is dedicated to his nephews Ivan, Hugh, and Burr
  • His grandfather Thomas Gore was a senator from Oklahoma
  • In the early 1950s this "Myra Breckenridge" author wrote 3 mysteries using the pseudonym Edgar Box
  • Author of "Burr" who wrote chilling mysteries under the pen name Edgar Box
  • He dedicated his novel "Myra Breckenridge" to novelist & playwright Christopher Isherwood
  • People might see a theme in his "Washington, D.C.", "Hollywood" & "Julian", about restoring paganism in Rome
  • Thomas Gore, a blind senator from Oklahoma, was the grandfather of this "Myra Breckinridge" author
  • This author of "Burr" & "Lincoln" did uncredited screenwriting for "Ben-Hur"

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