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Gore’s little secrets are his “inventions,” i.e. his surreal time- and gender-bending comedies such as Duluth, Myron and Kalki. This was the last book in that mould before he settled down in his old age to write a dozen fulminating tracts against the Bush administration. Centring around a teenage pr......more

As a former Smithsonian employee and someone who still works in a museum, I really enjoyed this novel. Night at The Museum would make exhibits coming to life a popular movie theme, but Vidal does it with a cerebral twist that will make any museum nut giggle with glee.......more

I had issues when trying to select the edition of Vidal’s book that I had, so I inadvertently chose two. This is the one I had and, yes, the cover made me think something was awry. But no-o-o-o—- If the intellectual, ultimate Washington, D.C. insider Vidal had had the ghostly opportunity to sit down......more

"This is a very lazy book. He reuses characters from other novels. He reuses plot devices. I don't know how this is notable except that it sucks. The whole thing is so tossed off and so casual. It's worse than his other efforts in this area because those at least felt considered. This feels like he......more

This is maybe a 2.5? Anyway I saw this at a library book sale and bought it thinking the cover didn't seem to match the description at all. And then one of this year's Read Harder tasks is to read a book with a cover you hate and this Fit. The. Bill. I'm a sucker for anything time-travel and this boo......more