num_pages: 310
description: When Gore Vidal's frank description of homosexual life, The City and the Pillar, was first published in 1948, the reaction was both unexpected and shocking. Republished now in hardcover with a new introduction by the author, this classic is being featured with seven of Vidal's early stories.
language: English
title: The City and the Pillar & Seven Early Stories
titlecomplete: The City and the Pillar & Seven Early Stories
characters: Bob Ford, Jim Willard, Paul Sullivan, Maria Verlaine, Ronald Shaw
genres: Classics, American, LGBT, Gay, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Queer
ratings_count: 9103
places: New Orleans, Louisiana, Los Angeles, California, Rome, Denver, Colorado, Virginia, New York City, New York, Hollywood, California, The United States of America
publisher: Random House