5/19/2023 0 Comments Washington, D.C. by Gore VidalHe's been on a book tour ("Empire," Random House) for so long, he says, "it seems like all of the '80s, but it's been about 10 days." This is his last obligation before flying home to Ravello, Italy. The suit is wide and blue, and Gore Vidal's corporal self fills every cubic foot of it. His left hand is tucked - presidentially? imperially? - between the front buttons of his suit coat. He paces around the cerise velvet furnishings that made some decorator think of Lincoln. Will you join my administration? Yes, yes." This is the Abraham Lincoln Suite at the Willard Hotel, and the sitting room is oval-shaped, and the occupant writes about presidents, so the riff needs no introduction. "I didn't want to be president," he sputters in mock dudgeon. President Vidal himself comes to the door.
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