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  1. Preceded by. Creation. Duluth is a 1983 novel by Gore Vidal. He considered it one of his best works, [1] as did Italo Calvino, who wrote, "Vidal's development...along that line from Myra Breckinridge to Duluth, is crowned with great success, not only for the density of comic effects, each one filled with meaning, not only for the ...

  2. 12 de may. de 1983 · 804 ratings78 reviews. 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.

  3. 12 de may. de 1983 · 4.4 25 ratings. See all formats and editions. A satiric look at the state of the union centers on a relocated Duluth and its assorted politicians, policemen and women, terrestrial and extraterrestrial aliens, Hispanics, feminists, mobsters, and other minorities. Print length. 214 pages. Language. English. Publisher. Random House. Publication date.

  4. Gore Vidal. Penguin Books, 1998 - Fiction - 214 pages. A savage, bitter, bawdy, biting, and brilliant satireAn audacious, propriety-snubbing literary event, Duluth managed to seduce The New York...

  5. Duluth is a 1983 novel by Gore Vidal. He considered it one of his best works, as did Italo Calvino, who wrote, "Vidal's development...along that line from Myra Breckinridge to Duluth, is crowned with great success, not only for the density of comic effects, each one filled with meaning, not only for the craftsmanship in construction, put ...

  6. In any case, the middle American way of life is the subject of "Duluth," a novel set in a city you will not find on any map. The city of Duluth in "Duluth" is bounded on one side by picturesque Mexico. On a clear day you can see the Pacific Ocean, 20 miles to the north. On a clear night you can see the "lights of the aurora borealis fill the ...

  7. It isn't even his Duluth; it belongs to Rosemary Klein Kantor, the Wurlitzer-Prize winner (sounds like ''Pulitzer Prize'' if slurred) who, according to the law of fictive relativity and its corollary, the simultaneity effect, is able to create at the same time the novel ''Duluth,'' a TV serial ''Duluth'' and romances set in the Regency-Hyatt era of the Napoleonic wars, all because she hunts ...