Can we say the same of Gore "The Sky Is Falling... Again" Vidal?
His jeans were teh cool back in the 80s.
Good point. The last 20 years or so, his relevance has slipped, but I give him a pass as his writing was always first rate (maybe not the novels) and he had that rare 'I don't give a f*ck attitude' when skewering an opponent. His squabbles with William Buckley always made me smile.
/skimmed his daniel shays essays just last week. more held up than didn't. that says something