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August 5, 2012 | 15 notes

The man who said, on hearing of the death of Truman Capote in 1984, “Good career move” will hardly have expected to be treated with kid gloves when his own turn came. In fact, Gore Vidal would have been insulted to be given the traditional 21-gun salute of half-meant compliments, the fly-past of platitudes. From Adam Mars-Jones: my lunch at the Dorchester with Gore Vidal

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