may well be the finest of contemporary novels about the capital,' said The New Yorker, and the Times Literary Supplement deemed it 'a prodigiously skilled and clever performance. With characteristic wit and insight, Vidal chronicles life in the nation's capital at a time when these men and others transformed America into 'possibly the last empire on earth.' It is worth re- membering, however, that Myra Breckinridge was published in 1968, an iconoclastic year, just after Washington, D.C. Sign in to check out Check out as guest Add to cart Best Offer: Make offer Add to Watchlist Oops Looks like were having trouble connecting to our server. It is part of his Narratives of Empire series. Item Information Condition: -not specified Price: US 15.00 Buy It Now Vidal, Gore Washington, D. It traces the fortunes of James Burden Day, a powerful conservative senator who is eyeing the presidency Clay Overbury, a pragmatic young congressional aide with political aspirations of his own and Blaise Sanford, a ruthless newspaper tycoon who understands the importance of money and image in modern politics. This is a stated first edition of Washington, DC, a 1967 novel by the American author Gore Vidal (1925-2012).

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is a stunning tale of corruption and diseased ambitions. First edition thus from the Modern Library with full number line on copyright page. Widely regarded as Vidal's ultimate comment on how the American political system degrades those who participate in it, Washington, D.C. It offers an illuminating portrait of our republic from the time of the New Deal to the McCar-thy era. Washington, D.C., is the final installment in Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire,his acclaimed six-volume series of historical novels about the American past.

Washington, D.C. by Gore Vidal