Farewell, Gore Vidal
Aug. 1st, 2012 08:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
filkertomEnd of an era, really. Gore Vidal has passed away at the age of 86.
Calling him a writer, a wit, seems so small. He was a literary force of nature, a modern Oscar Wilde, with all the good and bad that entailed. Hell of a personality, one who did not suffer fools (and, to him, there were a lot of fools). Like him or not, his influence was profound, and there simply aren't many like him left. Rest well, sir.
Calling him a writer, a wit, seems so small. He was a literary force of nature, a modern Oscar Wilde, with all the good and bad that entailed. Hell of a personality, one who did not suffer fools (and, to him, there were a lot of fools). Like him or not, his influence was profound, and there simply aren't many like him left. Rest well, sir.
