Myra Breckinridge (1968) • Gore Vidal
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224 pages • Little, Brown • 1968
Wildly funny and deepy serious, Myra Breckinridge is a classic that marked a turning point in American history and literature.
PermalinkThe issues that Vidal explores – how identity and sexuality are shaped by the cinema and television, and how machismo is played out in irrational wars on foreign nations – are as relevant now as they were in 1968. It is a classic of the Cold War era in American literature.