In 1948 Gore Vidal was the brightest, youngest and certainly
best-connected star in the American literary firmament and he threw
it all away. He did it by writing this book, where the heroes are
gay. It took Vidal 20 years to be re-admitted into the American
literary mainstream; his political ambitions were, however,
thwarted. The novel stands up remarkably well. It is beautifully
written, and to its legendary status can be added the fascination
of viewing a sector of society that has changed beyond recognition;
not least as a result of Vidal's work. (Kirkus UK)
Jim Willard, former high-school athlete and clean-cut
boy-next-door-, is haunted by the memory of a romanctic adolescent
encounter with his friend Bob Ford. As Jim pursues his first love,
in awe of the very same masculinity he possesses himself, his
progresss through the secret gay world of 1940's America unveils
surreptitious Hollywood affairs, the hidden life of the military in
the Second World War and the underworld bar culture of New York
City. With the publication of his daring thrid novel The City and
the Pillar in 1948, Gore Vidal shocked the American public, which
has just begun to hail him as their newest and brightest young
writer. It remains not only an authentic and profoundly importatnt
social document but also a serious exploration of the nature of
idealistic love.
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