The Economist Far fewer eyebrows would today be raised by his opposition to the Vietnam war, his scorn for Presidents Reagan and George W. Bush, his hostility to American policy in the Middle East, or even his view that America is an empire always in search of an Read more ... enemy (following the demise of the Soviet Union, “one billion Muslims and the Arabs in particular” would, he said, “make a fine new evil empire to oppose”)

Fox News Leisure Three years after Gore Vidal's death, his estate in Los Angeles has been updated and relisted for $5.7 million. http://ow.ly/UQkWZ

The Daily Beast “He sent Princess Margaret out on a boat with a young Italian guy with a big cock and she came back very satisfied. For Gore, being a host meant providing young men if necessary."

Salon "Any examination of Vidal’s life must take into account his role as not just critic, but as a more modern Paul Revere..."

The New Yorker In a letter from the late forties, Gore Vidal wrote that psychoanalysis is "quite a frightening experience," and that "it's not a pleasant thing to see oneself."

The New Yorker Gore Vidal presented himself as self-assured and indifferent to the world's opinions, but that public persona may not match who he really was.

Event Magazine Craig Brown enjoys Jay Parini's rich, perfectly judged book about Gore Vidal: from his account of Vidal's conquests (everyone from Fred Astaire to Rock Hudson) to the paranoia which besieged him in old age. Bloomsbury Publishing UK http://dailym.ai/1 Read more ... IOLY6U

The Economist “Never lose an opportunity to have sex or be on television” is a familiar Gore Vidal quip—and, as Jay Parini notes in a marvellous new biography, Vidal enthusiastically followed his own advice http://econ.st/1K8cjE9

The Economist “Never lose an opportunity to have sex or be on television” is a familiar Gore Vidal quip—and, as Jay Parini notes in a marvellous new biography, Vidal enthusiastically followed his own advice http://econ.st/1JuShSd

The Economist In September 1991 Noam Chomsky and Gore Vidal were brought together for a television interview. Asked what motivated them, Mr Chomsky replied: “Looking in the mirror in the morning and not being appalled.” Vidal, as so often with words, went one Read more ... better: “For me, it’s looking out of the window and not being appalled.” http://econ.st/1JNtcnC