Saturday, May 31, 2008

Venomous at any age

The rococo vocabulary, the polemics, the condescension and name-dropping: William F. Buckley Jr and Gore Vidal were just the flips sides of an obnoxious coin. Having outlasted his rivals, Vidal's doing a victory lap. The Independent profiles a truly unpleasant man.

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