Wednesday 1 August 2012

Gore Vidal: 1925-2012

Essayist, novelist, dramatist, leftist, patrician, homosexualist.

Strange feeling just then, turning on Today and slowly realising they were talking about you.
Goodbye and thank you.

x

PS Hats off to the Daily Star who have filed this story under Celeb News

2 comments:

  1. prince of snarkness1 August 2012 at 20:22

    just listened to old interview on Front Row... never again to hear that deliciously disdainful drawl :(

    a one off and last of his kind, if that even makes sense.

    but hey, we've still got (by royal appointment) stephen (the widow Jobs) fry… oh fuck yeah!!!!

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    1. I did try and read one classique essay today (yesterday?) - it's what he would have wanted etc.
      Started on 'Sex Is Politics'.
      I'll finish it tomorrow (today?) promise.

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