The City And The Pillar by Gore Vidal - ISBN: 9780349106571
Paperback
A forbidden love story that shocked America, revealing hidden truths.

The City And The Pillar

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  • Paperback

    192 pages

  • Release Date

    20 June 1997

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Summary

Jim Willard, former high-school athlete and clean-cut boy-next-door, is haunted by the memory of a romantic adolescent encounter with his friend Bob Ford. As Jim pursues his first love, in awe of the very same masculinity he possesses himself, his progress through the secret gay world of 1940’s America unveils surreptitious Hollywood affairs, the hidden life of the military in the Second World War, and the underworld bar culture of New York City.

With the publication of his daring thi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349106571
ISBN-10:0349106576
Author:Gore Vidal, Jay Parini
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:20 June 1997
Weight:140g
Dimensions:197mm x 134mm x 13mm
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Critics Review

Certainly one of the best novels of its kind … It isn’t sentimental and it is frank without trying to be sensational and shocking. These are enormous virtues. - Christopher Isherwood

A noble work - Thomas Mann

About The Author

Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal was the author of ‘The Narratives of a Golden Age’ series as well as countless bestsellers.

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