![]() ![]() ![]() Farrell, Caroline's half-brother and an acclaimed documentary filmmaker on the rise in Hollywood. newspaper publishing roots and Timothy X. The protagonists are Peter Sanford, a prescient young intellectual from a well-to-do family, who helps to found the American Idea, a politically radical journal his aunt, Caroline Sanford, a former film star who has returned to her D.C. A series of historical essays masquerading as a historical novel, it endeavors to present Vidal's philosophy regarding our nation's ascent to global-empire status, from 1939 into the 1950s. ![]() The newest entry in Vidal's ""narratives of empire"" series (which includes Burr, Lincoln and 1876) is a densely plotted, hugely ambitious novel that manages to impress and infuriate in equal measure. ![]()
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