Gore Vidal's metropolis of Duluth is bordered by Louisiana, Mexico, and the Great Lakes, with the Colorado River winding through its precincts and emptying into "palm-lined Lake Erie." On a clear day you might be able to "see the Pacific Ocean from up here"--here being the top of an illegally parked spaceship that contains either Hubert Humphrey or, perhaps, "illegal" aliens (get it?).4/5(20). · Perhaps Vidal's most outrageous novel, this is an indescribable fantasy purportedly set in the city of Duluth (which, however, is near the Mexican border) involving a tv show also named "Duluth" (a parody of "Dallas"), a spaceship that has landed nearby, the antics of a policewoman, Darlene Ecks, much else/5. Duluth, a wickedly funny satire by Gore Vidal, is the funniest novel I have ever read. It is a satire of 's Reagan-era America, and of the rich in particular. However, the reader should be advised that it is not going to make sense, and one should, like I did, just give up on figuring it out, and go along for the ride that Vidal takes us on/5(5).
DULUTH By Gore Vidal. ore Vidal has long nursed the satisfactions and grievances of being a man on the margin, a writer always "entirely out of fashion." that phrase comes from an essay of the late 60's, around the time that Mr. Vidal published three best sellers in a row. Click to read more about Duluth by Gore Vidal. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Duluth|Gore Vidal, Fifty Grand Picnics|Beverly Levine, The Legend of The Locust|Laurence Moroney, The gospel day: or, the light of Christianity|Charles Ebert Orr.
Duluth, a wickedly funny satire by Gore Vidal, is the funniest novel I have ever read. It is a satire of 's Reagan-era America, and of the rich in particular. However, the reader should be advised that it is not going to make sense, and one should, like I did, just give up on figuring it out, and go along for the ride that Vidal takes us on. Perhaps Vidal's most outrageous novel, this is an indescribable fantasy purportedly set in the city of Duluth (which, however, is near the Mexican border) and involving a TV show also named Duluth (a parody of Dallas), a spaceship that has landed nearby, the antics of a policewoman, Darlene Ecks, and much else. Perhaps Vidal's most outrageous novel, this is an indescribable fantasy purportedly set in the city of Duluth (which, however, is near the Mexican border) involving a tv show also named "Duluth" (a parody of "Dallas"), a spaceship that has landed nearby, the antics of a policewoman, Darlene Ecks, much else.
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