The Golden Age: A Novel
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009I6SD2O
Publish date: March 14th 2012
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
Series: Narratives of Empire (#7)
"THE GOLDEN AGE" is the capstone to the series of fine historical novels (known as "Narratives of Empire") about America through the ages which Gore Vidal began with "Washington DC" in 1967. The story begins at a private residence in Washington DC in October 1939, a few weeks after war has broken ...
I recognize that it's a good story, well told, without having actually enjoyed it very much; I'm not overly fond of multi-generational family stories, or fairly recent American history. I picked it up because I was interested in reading something by Vidal.