The literary world lost another icon this week when Gore Vidal, author, playwright, politician, and commentator, died at the age of 86 last Tuesday from complications due to pneumonia. His over-the-top wit and unconventional wisdom shined in his literature and public opinions.

He had a sullen regard for lost worlds, for the importance of the written word, and for “the American sense that whatever is wrong with human society can be put right by human action.”

He was often uncomfortable with the literary and political establishment, and the feeling was more than mutual.

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