![]() ![]() Vidal's presump- tions work marvelously well for his intentions." -Richard Poirier, The New York Review of Books Also available from the Modern Library: Burr ¸ Lincoln ¸ 1876 ¸ Empire ¸ Washington, D.C. ![]() He summons the entire American scene into his confident voice. No other American writer I know of has Vidal's sense of national proprietorship. Vidal's purview of Hollywood in one of its golden ages is fascinating." -Tom Tryon " Vidal succeeds in making his history alive and plausible." -The New York Times " Vidal's originality derives from his as- surance that he can create and command the American history of his novels, as much as he can their imaginary components. Vidal's presump- tions work marvelously well for his intentions." -Richard Poirier, The New York Review of Books Also available from the Modern Library: Burr ¸ Lincoln ¸ 1876 ¸ Empire ¸ Washington, D.C., " Wicked and provocative. Follows the career of Caroline Sanford, a brilliant and beautiful newspaper publisher who leaves Washington to become a Hollywood producer and movie star. ![]() No other American writer I know of has Vidal's sense of national proprietorship. Hollywood: A Novel of America in the 1920s. ![]()
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