By and large, serious fiction was the work of victims who portrayed victims for an audience of victims who, it was oddly assumed, would want to see t… - Gore Vidal

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By and large, serious fiction was the work of victims who portrayed victims for an audience of victims who, it was oddly assumed, would want to see their lives realistically portrayed.

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About Gore Vidal

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born Eugene Louis Vidal; (3 October 1925 – 31 July 2012), was an American writer of novels, essays, screenplays, and stage plays.

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Pen Names: Edgar Box
Alternative Names: Eugene Luther Gore Vidal Gor Vidal Cameron Kay Eugene Luther Vidal Katherine Everard Eugene Vidal

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