Point to Point Navigation - by Gore Vidal (Paperback)

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In a witty and elegant autobiography that takes up where his bestelling Palimpsest left off, the celebrated novelist, essayist, critic, and controversialist Gore Vidal reflects on his remarkable life.Writing from his desks in Ravello and the Hollywood Hills, Vidal travels in memory through the arenas of literature, television, film, theatre, politics, and international society where he has cut a wide swath, recounting achievements and defeats, friends and enemies made (and sometimes lost).
About the Author: Gore Vidal is the author of twenty-two novels, five plays, many screenplays, more than two hundred essays, and the critically lauded memoir, Palimpsest.
288 Pages
Biography + Autobiography, Personal Memoirs

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About the Book

In this brilliant sequel to his acclaimed, bestselling memoir, "Palimpsest," celebrated novelist, essayist, critic, and controversialist Gore Vidal ranges freely over his remarkable life with the signature wit and literary elegance that is uniquely his.

Book Synopsis

In a witty and elegant autobiography that takes up where his bestelling Palimpsest left off, the celebrated novelist, essayist, critic, and controversialist Gore Vidal reflects on his remarkable life.Writing from his desks in Ravello and the Hollywood Hills, Vidal travels in memory through the arenas of literature, television, film, theatre, politics, and international society where he has cut a wide swath, recounting achievements and defeats, friends and enemies made (and sometimes lost). From encounters with, amongst others, Jack and Jacqueline Kennedy, Tennessee Williams, Eleanor Roosevelt, Orson Welles, Johnny Carson, Francis Ford Coppola to the mournful passing of his longtime partner, Howard Auster, Vidal always steers his narrative with grace and flair. Entertaining, provocative, and often moving, Point to Point Navigation wonderfully captures the life of one of twentieth-century America's most important writers.

Review Quotes

"Unmissable. . . . Wry. . . . [Vidal's] wit remains by far this book's most alluring attribute." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times"Engaging. . . . Point to Point Navigation is a stirring political protest, a meditation on the fleeting nature of memory, and, quite movingly, an elegiac rumination on loss." --Vogue"Touchingly elegiac. . . . Even mortality and aging seem somehow less formidable in the company of such a witty, penetrating-and unfailingly nervy intelligence." --Francine Prose, O, The Oprah Magazine

About the Author

Gore Vidal is the author of twenty-two novels, five plays, many screenplays, more than two hundred essays, and the critically lauded memoir, Palimpsest. Vidal's United States (Essays 1952-92) won the 1993 National Book Award. Vidal lives in Beverly Hills, California.

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Dimensions (Overall): 7.96 Inches (H) x 5.28 Inches (W) x .59 Inches (D)

Weight: .61 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 288

Genre: Biography + Autobiography

Sub-Genre: Personal Memoirs

Publisher: Vintage

Format: Paperback

Author: Gore Vidal

Language: English

Street Date: October 9, 2007

TCIN: 91286285

UPC: 9780307275011

Item Number (DPCI): 247-09-9955

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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