Gore Vidal

[thaiturkey]

Gore Vidal has died aged 86. Here's an obituary in The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/aug/01/gore-vidal-dies

And here are some Vidal quotations:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/aug/01/gore-vidal-best-quotes

 

[verity]

I liked the comment by Dick Cavett -- that "'Gore Vidal really hates being dead'" --- his point being that the guy was one of the world's great 'talkers' ----