The Gore Vidal legacy encompasses his numerous novels, literary
writings, plays and essays. Few 20th century authors can match the volume of his
compositions and consistency in the quality of his thoughts. If one can ignore
his anti-religious beliefs and get past his complex sexuality, one can justly
focus on the significance within his political viewpoints. Not since Oscar
Wilde, has there been a man of letter with comparable wit and ridicule, that
capsulated the age of his lifetime. Based upon a keen command of history and a
flare for original insights, Vidal was the master political polemicist.
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