Palimpsest:

A Memoir

Gore Vidal

Well-told – Jackie and Tennessee, Mailer and Capote. Old Senator Gore. Lost love, Jimmy. Upstate New York and Ravello, the Hollywood Hills and Washington, DC. The TV scripts, the Hollywood films. Having read so much by and about Gore Vidal over the years and having only now picked up the memoir of his first 39 years, many of the people, places, and stories were familiar. Still, I never mind hearing a story told again as long as the story is well-told, and Vidal certainly knew how to weave snark and insight to keep things moving on the page.