The City and the Pillar.
VIDAL, Gore.
The City and the Pillar.
690). "One of the best novels of its kind. . . . It isn't sentimental
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1948.
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First edition of the author’s third book. Octavo, original black cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “Harvey Donegan this report from the field Gore Vidal.” Fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the spine.
Stylistically influenced by Hemingway, this work, "is distinguished by its honesty and lack of self-pity; the central figure is unexceptional in every respect but his sexual choices" (Stringer, 690). "One of the best novels of its kind. . . . It isn’t sentimental, and it is frank without trying to be sensational and shocking" (Christopher Isherwood).
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