Ungvári Tamás könyvtárából. At the Presidential primaries in the summer of 1960 in Philadelphia, Secretary of State William Russell lives by his principles, but is haunted by recent health problems that threaten his career and vote-winning potential. Senator Joe Cantwell presents himself as...
Ungvári Tamás könyvtárából. Gore Vidal wrote Visit as a television play in which form it debuted on May 8, 1955, on Goodyear Television Playhouse. Later, he reworked it for the stage. Starring Cyril Ritchard, who also directed, and Eddie Mayehoff, the play had tryouts at the Shubert Theatre...
Ungvári Tamás könyvtárából. When a mortician appears on television to declare that death is infinitely preferable to life, he sparks a religious movement that quickly leaves Christianity and most of Islam in the dust. Gore Vidal''s deft and daring blend of satire and prophecy, first published...
Ungvári Tamás könyvtárából. A könyvben szövegkiemelős aláhúzások találhatóak. Gerince több helyen sérült, lapélein foltos. Első fedlapja jobb felső sarka szamárfüles.
Chapter One
I am Myra Breckinridge whom no mán will ever possess. Gad only in garter beit and one dress shield, I held off the entire elite of the Trobriand Islanders, a race who possess no words for 'why' or 'because'. Wielding a stone axe, I broke the arms, the limbs, the balls of their...
ONEiWhere to begin?A week has passed since I wrote that first sentence.I am sitting at the big table in the Cabinet Room of the White House. I have been asked to give my version of what happened. I have also been requested to avoid the historian's best and closest friend hindsight This is not going...
This explosively entertaining memoir abounds in gossip, satire, historical apercus, and trenchant observations. Vidal''s compelling narrative weaves back and forth in time, providing a whole view of the author''s celebrated life, from his birth in 1925 to today, and features a cast of memorable...
A kötet gerince megtört, ragasztása sérült, a könyvtest kettévált. A fedlap foltos, a borító szélei kissé kopottasak. A literary cause célebre when first published more than fifty years ago, Gore Vidal''s now-classic The City and the Pillar stands as a landmark novel of the gay...
A recent decision of the Supreme Court leaves to each community the right to decide what is pornography. Speaking for the majority of the Court, Chief Justice Warren Burger admitted that although no link has yet been found between the consumption of pornography and antisocial behavior, any...