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Washington, D.C.: A Novel by Gore Vidal
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My first Gore Vidal book, and not my last! I read this in conjunction with a trip to D.C. and found it to be incredibly modern, though published in 1967 and historical fiction about World War II. ( )
  mthelibrarian | Jul 28, 2009 |
I love Gore Vidal's historical novels, and especially this series focusing on an American family's involvement in key periods of history.

By this point, Vidal is getting caught up in his metaphorical scourging of the American "empire," to the detriment of drama, intrigue, and fun. ( )
  scootm | Jul 12, 2008 |
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With a New Introduction

Washington, D.C., is the final installment in Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire,his acclaimed six-volume series of historical novels about the American past. It offers an illuminating portrait of our republic from the time of the New Deal to the McCar-thy era.

Widely regarded as Vidal's ultimate comment on how the American political system degrades those who participate in it, Washington, D.C. is a stunning tale of corruption and diseased ambitions. It traces the fortunes of James Burden Day, a powerful conservative senator who is eyeing the presidency; Clay Overbury, a pragmatic young congressional aide with political aspirations of his own; and Blaise Sanford, a ruthless newspaper tycoon who understands the importance of money and image in modern politics. With characteristic wit and insight, Vidal chronicles life in the nation's capital at a time when these men and others transformed America into "possibly the last empire on earth."

"Washington, D.C. may well be the finest of contemporary novels about the capital," said The New Yorker, and the Times Literary Supplement deemed it "a prodigiously skilled and clever performance."


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