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Gore Vidal’s Greatest Feuds: Norman Mailer, Truman Capote and More

Elegant and Acerbic

From taking a Norman Mailer punch to accusing his country, there were few people or subjects that Gore Vidal wouldn’t take on.

Henry Krempels

Updated Jul. 13, 2017 9:54PM ET / Published Aug. 01, 2012 6:59AM ET 

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