A01=Gore Vidal
american journalist
american writer
Author_Gore Vidal
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fiction based on truth
gor vidal
historical fiction
hollywood
holocaust
in a yellow wood
kalki
lincoln
literary fiction
literary historical fiction
messiah
military fiction
personal fiction
season of comfort
second world war
the golden age
the judgement of paris
the last empire
the smithsonian institution
two sister
united states
US navy
war novels
wartime fiction
williwaw
world war II
ww2
Product details
- ISBN 9780349105697
- Weight: 220g
- Dimensions: 126 x 202mm
- Publication Date: 04 Dec 2003
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A boat of the army transportation corps fights through the fierce wind of the williwaw, carrying two officers and a chaplain with its crew. Human nature and the elements move the men through their uncertain destiny. This is Gore Vidal's first novel. Written when he was just seventeen and based very strongly on his own traumatic experiences in the US Navy as WW2 reached its end, this is a compelling story of one young man's bravery under fire.
Gore Vidal was at the centre of literary and intellectual life for half a century and wrote 'The Narratives of a Golden Age' series as well as countless bestsellers. He died on 31st July 2012.
