by Gore Vidal
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by Gore Vidal
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by Gore Vidal
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by Gore Vidal
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by Gore Vidal
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Gore Vidal is justifiably renowned for his considerable literary talent, but what makes him truly special is his ability to ignore the taboos, customs and norms of his time to look at contemporary society with the clear-eyed perspective of an anthropologist studying an ancient culture. This becomes quite evident in the best-selling SEXUALLY SPEAKING, a collection of his essays on gender and sexuality, which have appeared in newspapers and magazines over the past 40 years. Drawing on his vast knowledge of history and a novelist's insight into human nature, Vidal discusses various well-known figures such as Tennessee Williams, Oscar Wilde and Eleanor Roosevelt, but his views on gender and sexuality can be summed up in three words: Sex is politics. Available in paperback for the first time, SEXUALLY SPEAKING includes 14 complete essays and three interviews published over the past four decades including: * Gay American founding fathers (Washington's infatuation with Alexander Hamilton). * Sex and the Catholic Church (politics of birth control etc). * Pornographic literature for beginners (Sade to Nabokov to Burroughs).* Gay-bashing and the US Congress (the hate politics of right-wing congressional leaders) * Bedding Jack Kerouac (detailed account of sex with Kerouac in 1953). * Norman Mailer's 'feminism' (why male writers feel threatened by feminists).
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