![]() ![]() ![]() The unwary gossipmonger can easily fall into Vidal’s many traps. ![]() Vidal refracts real people and events through his delightfully perverse imagination. Vidal draws from his own rich experience as he creates his fictional world, yet he is a very private person, and he resists people’s urge to reduce everyone to a known quantity. Some people search Vidal’s writing for clues to his own life and sexuality. Two Sisters: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel, for example, is often read as an account of the lives and loves of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and her sister, Lee Bouvier. (Photo by Ulf Andersen/Getty Images)īecause Vidal knows most contemporary public figures-including jet-setters, Wall Street insiders, and Washington wheeler-dealers-many readers comb his writing to glean intriguing bits of gossip. Color version not available.) American writer Gore Vidal poses during portrait session held on Main Paris, France. (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been shot in black and white. ![]()
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