"Gore Vidal is the master essayist of our age." -
The Washington Post Book World "Lively, instructive, lucid and amusing. Vidal has a carefree touch and a humorous air. . . . [He] can be a marvelous wit." -Paul Berman,
The New York Times Book Review "Indispensable. . . . An excellent read. . . . Provocateur, scholar, historian, novelist, scoundrel, whatever you want to call Gore Vidal-make sure you include 'national treasure.' . . . [He] is an original mind, who thinks and sees without regard to convention. That alone makes him required reading." -
The Sunday Oregonian