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Gore vidal biography and list of works gore vidal books. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 624 pages and is available in paperback format. In this profoundly moving work of epic proportion and intense human sympathy, abraham lincoln is observed by his loved ones, his rivals, and his future assassins. He started writing novels again in the 1960s including julian, washington, d. Gore vidal 19252012 was an american writer and public intellectual. It is 1917, and president woodrow wilson is about to lead the country into the great war in europe.