Edition |
1st Vintage Books ed. |
Description |
x, 303 pages ; 21 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
Note |
Originally published in different form in Great Britain by A. Deutsch Ltd., 1987, under title: Armageddon? |
Contents |
At home in Washington D.C. -- On flying -- Frederic Prokosch : the European connection -- Tennessee Williams : someone to laugh at the squares with -- Richard Nixon : not the Best Man's best man -- Hollywood! -- Ronnie and Nancy : a life in pictures -- Armageddon? -- the day the American empire ran out of gas -- A cheerful response -- Ollie -- The national security state -- Mongolia! -- At home in a Roman Street -- The bookchat of Henry James -- William Dean Howells -- The golden bowl of Henry James -- Logan Pearsall Smith loves the adverb -- Oscar Wilde : on the skids again -- Paul Bowles's stories -- Calvino's death -- Why I am eight years younger than Anthony Burgess -- Dawn Powell : the American writer -- How I do what I do if not why. |
Subject |
Reagan, Nancy, 1921-2016.
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
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Reagan, Nancy, 1921-2016. (OCoLC)fst00044456
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. (OCoLC)fst00033910
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Added Author |
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012.
Armageddon?
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ISBN |
0679725288 |
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9780679725282 |
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