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VIDAL’S THIRD NOVEL CAUSED A SIX YEAR BAN OF ALL HIS WORKS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES FOLLOWING THE SCANDAL THAT EMERGED UPON ITS RELEASE. NOW, IT STANDS AS A LANDMARK OF THE GAY EXPERIENCE.
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GORE VIDAL’S THE CITY AND THE PILLAR
One of the most radical gay novels of all time, The City and the Pillar was published in 1948 when its author Gore Vidal was just 22 and a celebrated young writer. It shocked society, failed to secure a single review in a major American newspaper, and The New York Times blacklisted all Vidal’s books for the next six years.