The Last Empire

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Author: Gore VidalISBN: 9780349115283Publisher: Little BrownYear first published: 01 Jul 2002Pages: 336 Format: Paperback / softbackGore Vidal's new collection of essays shows him still writing at his finest. His comments on the deplorable state of American politics - from Bill Clinton to George Bush - are as apposite as ever and, controversially, there are two magnificent essays on the Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh - who entered into an extraordinary correspondence with Vidal when he was in gaol - to the recent terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Show more