Title: Armageddon?
Description: This collection of essays examines the leaders and lunacies of contemporary America, from Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan. Vidal also reminisces about his patrician childhood and writers past and present such as Tennessee Williams, Anthony Burgess, Henry James and William Dean Howells.
Subjects: Essays (single author), Political and social views, American Authors, Biography, Politics and government
People: Tennessee Williams, Frederic Prokosch, Paul Bowles, Anthony Burgess, Italo Calvino, Henry James, William Dean Howells, Logan Pearsall Smith, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan