Publisher description for The city and the pillar and seven early stories : revised, with a new preface by the author / Gore Vidal.
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When Gore Vidal's frank description of homosexual life, The City and the Pillar, was first published in 1948, the reaction was both unexpected and shocking. Republished now in hardcover with a new introduction by the author, this classic is being featured with seven of Vidal's early stories.
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