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Book Review: Creation by Gore Vidal

Book Review: Creation by Gore Vidal

A fun "rebuke" of Herodotus that makes the reader reflect on religion's role in the development and evolution of culture

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Alex Nusky
Mar 16, 2024
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Weird how things circle back around, right? I started this book review journey two years ago with Julian by Gore Vidal, and here a thick paperback copy of Creation just happens to fall into my lap. We also briefly talked about him last month as part of the Norman Mailer article, so having the idea of Vidal fresh in one’s memory can only serve to help pr…

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