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Palimpsest

A Memoir

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Palimpsest

By: Gore Vidal
Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
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This explosively entertaining memoir abounds in gossip, satire, historical apercus, and trenchant observations. Vidal’s compelling narrative weaves back and forth in time, providing a whole view of the author’s celebrated life, from his birth in 1925 to today, and features a cast of memorable characters - including the Kennedy family, Marlon Brando, Anais Nin, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

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For a man who had such an interesting life, what he chose to cover in this memoir is disappointing.

Rambling. Doesn’t seem to be written with the reader in mind.

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