Gore Vidal has lived his life in full luster. He grew up in a prominent family: born in the West Point hospital, named after his maternal grandfather, a prominent U.S. senator. His father was an All-American quarterback, an Olympian, a pilot, and the founder of three airlines, and was said to be great love of Amelia Earhart's life. His mother was a Broadway actress and socialite; she later married the man who would become the stepfather of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and is reputed to have had a long affair with Clark Gable. Moving in such arenas of prominence, this young scion reinforced his own identity writing screenplays, novels, and essays. In this visual memoir, Vidal unspools snapshots of his eventful, controversial, varied life.