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Empire of Self audiobook
- By: Jay Parini
- Narrator: John Lescault
- Category: Biography & Autobiography, Literary
- Length: 16 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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Empire of Self Audiobook Summary
An intimate, authorized, yet frank biography of Gore Vidal (1925-2012), one of the most accomplished, visible, and controversial American novelists and cultural figures of the past century.
The product of thirty years of friendship and conversation, Jay Parini’s Empire of Self probes behind the glittering surface of Gore Vidal’s colorful life to reveal the complex emotional and sexual truth underlying his celebrity-strewn life. But there is plenty of glittering surface as well–a virtual who’s who of the American Century, from Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart through the Kennedys, Princess Margaret, and the creme de la creme of Hollywood.
The life of Gore Vidal was an amazingly full one–full of colorful incident, famous people, and lasting achievements–that calls out for careful evocation and examination. Jay Parini crafts Vidal’s life into an accessible, entertaining story that puts the experience of one of the great American figures of the postwar era into context, introduces the author and his works to a generation who may not know him, and looks behind the scenes at the man and his work in ways never possible before his death. Provided with unique access to Vidal’s life and his papers, he excavates many buried skeletons yet never loses sight of his deep respect for Vidal and his astounding gifts. This is the biography Gore Vidal has long needed.
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Empire of Self Audiobook Narrator
John Lescault is the narrator of Empire of Self audiobook that was written by Jay Parini
Patrick Cullen (a.k.a. John Lescault), a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater.
About the Author(s) of Empire of Self
Jay Parini is the author of Empire of Self
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Empire of Self Full Details
| Narrator | John Lescault |
| Length | 16 hours 23 minutes |
| Author | Jay Parini |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Release date | April 25, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781504671323 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Empire of Self is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Biography & Autobiography, Literary
Additional info
The publisher of the Empire of Self is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9781504671323.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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