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The Golden Age: A Novel

The Golden Age: A Novel

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The Golden Age: A Novel

by VIDAL, Gore

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ISBN 10
0385500750
ISBN 13
9780385500753
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New York: Doubleday. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385500750 . A stated first edition of author's novel, which is set against the backdrop of World War II and the Korean War. --- In light grey paper-covered boards with spine titling in gilt. Dust jacket features montage of wartime images. --- An about Fine copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Unclipped jacket also undamaged.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); 467 pages .

Synopsis

Gore Vidal is the author of twenty-two novels, five plays,many screenplays and short stories, more than two hundred essays, and a memoir. Two novels in his Narratives of Empire series, Lincoln and 1876 , were the subject of cover stories in Time and Newsweek, respectively. In 1993, a collection of his criticism, United States:Essays 1952-1992 , won the National Book Award. He divides his time between Ravello, Italy, and Los Angeles.

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Bookseller
Bluebird Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
82030
Title
The Golden Age: A Novel
Author
VIDAL, Gore
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0385500750
ISBN 13
9780385500753
Publisher
Doubleday
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2000
Keywords
0385500750

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