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Success Story: Gore Vidal

In a programme first broadcast in 1975, Gore Vidal, the enfant terrible of American letters, then living in some splendour in Italy, talks about the ironies of succeeding so spectacularly in a world that he delights in attacking.

29 minutes

On TV

Next Tuesday 23:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Gore Vidal
Producer Mike Wooler
Director David Cheshire

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