Fred Kaplan. Gore Vidal, p. 129, 336. Anchor Books / Random House (New York)(2000).
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Notes
Notes
Young Gore Vidal had "the dream of being a great artist like Thomas Mann, whose novels he had been devouring" (Kaplan, p. 129). He was a "great admirer of Mann" (Kaplan, p. 336).