Books
February, 1990
Gore Vidal is, by far, our most talented fictional interpreter of American history. In five previous novels (Burr, Lincoln, 1876, Empire and Washington, D.C.), he explored eras in the growth of our nation from its 18th Century origins to the inception of the 20th Century. With Hollywood (Random House), subtitled "A Novel of America in the 1920s," he brings his chronicle into the modern age of world wars and mass media. This book is Vidal's most powerful and entertaining yet, because hi...
