The wonderfully acerbic Gore Vidal has been taken to Jesus....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19074230
In quotes:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19075751
"There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise."
Erudite, pedantic, entertaing, but for God's sake who would be stupid enough follow his advice?
I did like his books, though specially the one on emperor Julian the apostate, whose first lines are a satire on Marcus Aurelius' memoirs. I don't think he was aiming high, I think he wrote it feeling comfortable amongst equals(!).
Last edited by Chévere (2012-08-01 09:03:22)
The conscience of America as one of my old muccas use to say.
His house on the Amalfi coast was somewhat grandiose with magnificent reviews:
http://www.channel4.com/news/my-drunken-night-with-gore-vidal
He said McVeigh was a patriot.
He had a sexual encounter with Jack Kerouac too.