{
  "type": "book",
  "site": {
    "name": "The Book Quiver",
    "language": "en-US",
    "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com"
  },
  "formats": "Every page has two versions with the same data: JSON (the page address + .json) and markdown (the page address + .md). Append .json or .md to any `url` in this document.",
  "title": "Empire of Self",
  "subtitle": null,
  "slug": "empire-of-self",
  "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/jay-parini/empire-of-self",
  "json": "https://www.bookquiver.com/jay-parini/empire-of-self.json",
  "markdown": "https://www.bookquiver.com/jay-parini/empire-of-self.md",
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Jay Parini",
      "slug": "jay-parini",
      "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/jay-parini"
    }
  ],
  "language": "en_US",
  "original_title": null,
  "original_language": null,
  "first_published": "2016-09-20",
  "genres": [],
  "series": [],
  "cover": "https://quivercdn.com/covers/anchor/jay-parini/empire-of-self_978-03-4580-583-6.jpg?v=2026-06-11%2000%3A59%3A42",
  "description": "An intimate, authorized yet totally frank biography of Gore Vidal (1925–2012), one of the most accomplished, visible, and controversial American novelists and cultural figures of the past century ...",
  "editions": [
    {
      "title": "Empire of Self",
      "subtitle": null,
      "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/jay-parini/empire-of-self/9780345805836",
      "publisher": "anchor",
      "translators": [],
      "medium": "paper",
      "duration_seconds": null,
      "narrators": [],
      "isbn": "978-03-4580-583-6",
      "pages": 512,
      "published": "2016-09-20",
      "language": "en_US",
      "cover": "https://quivercdn.com/covers/anchor/jay-parini/empire-of-self_978-03-4580-583-6.jpg?v=2026-06-11%2000%3A59%3A42"
    }
  ],
  "other_languages": [],
  "characters": [],
  "chapters": []
}