by Gore Vidal · Andre Deutsch Ltd · tapa dura · ISBN 9780233984957
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«Hollywood» is the historical novel by Gore Vidal, published by Andre Deutsch Ltd in hardback (586 pages, in English).
Set between 1917 and the early 1920s, the novel follows a woman who becomes a star in the Hollywood of the nascent film industry. It is an instalment of Gore Vidal's great fictional chronicle of the United States, combining historical events, the political world and fictional characters.
First edition published in 1989 by Andre Deutsch. It belongs to Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series.
For readers of historical fiction about Hollywood and US politics, and for those following Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series.
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal was an American writer and public intellectual known for his cynical epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays criticized the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Vidal was heavily involved in politics, and unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the United States House of Representatives, and later in 1982 to the United States Senate.
