The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal

The City and the Pillar



The City and the Pillar pdf

The City and the Pillar Gore Vidal ebook
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9781400030378
Page: 240
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group


During those days, most of what I learned about homosexuality I found in literature, such as Gore Vidal's book, “The City and the Pillar,” which ironically was published about the same time I was born. I have challenged myself to read 52 books in 52 weeks and review each of them. He thought Britain's intelligence service was called 'M Sixteen'). The New York Times refused to review his next five books. The City and the Pillar: A Novel by Gore Vidal. Usually updated every Sunday, but more often at the moment to make up for a short hiatus (of writing not reading). After publishing a Hemingway-style war novel when he was barely twenty, he attracted unusual attention in 1948 with his third novel, The City and the Pillar. Jim leaves home in search of Bob, his only love. But I probably wasn't ready to read it then. The City and the Pillar: A Novel book download. Upon first publication in 1948, The City and the Pillar received a wave of critical attention – positive and negative – and assured Gore Vidal a lifetime place in American letters. Just finished Gore Vidal's “The City and the Pillar,” a novel to which I should have treated myself years ago. The City and the Pillar was the first gay novel that I read, unaware that it had practically killed his career in the 1950s, forcing him to work under pseudonyms. Jim and Bob are all American teens who spend their last night of summer together. Download The City and the Pillar: A Novel Our book group read this as a sort of homage to the author, who died earlier this year.





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