# Empire of Self

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- Book: [Empire of Self](https://www.bookquiver.com/jay-parini/empire-of-self) ([Empire of Self.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jay-parini/empire-of-self.md))
- Authors: [Jay Parini](https://www.bookquiver.com/jay-parini)
- Publisher: anchor
- ISBN: 978-03-4580-583-6
- Pages: 512
- Published: 2016-09-20
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## 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 ...