Gore Vidal
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the social and cultural sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Beyond literature, Vidal was heavily involved in politics. He unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the U.S. House of Representatives, and later in 1982 to the U.S. Senate.
Books by Gore Vidal
4 books available
Lincoln
by Gore Vidal
4.2(37,958)
Gore Vidal strips away the myth to reveal Abraham Lincoln as a shrewd, melancholic political animal, navigating personal tragedy and a deeply divided capital to reluctantly emancipate a nation teetering on the brink of collapse.
Messiah
by Gore Vidal
4.2(2,096)
When a charismatic new spiritual leader emerges in a future America promising an end to suffering through technology, a cynical journalist uncovers a terrifying conspiracy to control humanity's very essence.
Kalki
by Gore Vidal
3.8(1,412)
A cynical journalist becomes involved with a charismatic man who claims to be the Hindu god Kalki, planning a global apocalypse to restart humanity with a chosen few.
Creation
by Gore Vidal
4.2(3,731)
A Persian diplomat in the 5th century B.C. meets Zoroaster, Buddha, Confucius, and Pericles, searching for truth and understanding the nature of creation.