The Best Man, Gore Vidal
The Best Man, Gore Vidal
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The Best Man

Author: Gore Vidal

Narrator: Terrence Currier, Johnny Holliday, Multiple Narrators

Unabridged: 1 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/15/2015


Synopsis

This darkly satirical drama by Gore Vidal finds two presidential contenders seeking the endorsement of an aging ex-president, and explores how personal agendas can change the course of a nation's destiny. The political intrigues rampant in Vidal's 1960 setting are strangely similar what is going on today. Includes an interview with actors Fred Thompson and Marsha Mason.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Terrence Currier, Johnny Holliday, Naomi Jacobson, Timmy Ray James, Michael Kramer, Marsha Mason, Paul Morella, Kevin Murray, Judy Simmons, Gary Sloan and Fred Thompson.

About Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal (1925–2012) was born at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His first novel, Williwaw, written when he was 19 years old and serving in the army, appeared in the spring of 1946. He wrote 23 novels, five plays, many screenplays, short stories, well over 200 essays, and a memoir.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Boo on October 03, 2019

3.5⭐️......more

Goodreads review by Louis on April 05, 2019

Having seen the movie version, it was a pleasure to finally read Vidal's play. For all his cynicism and misanthropy, Vidal displays a genuine interest in the qualities of a successful leader in this tale of a political convention-turned-food fight. Art Hockstader, the former president enjoying his l......more

Goodreads review by Colin on October 12, 2016

I enjoy revisited this play every election cycle because it reminds me of a tired cliché that is certainly appropriate for our current political moment: as much as things change, they inevitably stay the same. The Best Man, however, feels like a wish-fulfillment fantasy as the play's beacon of moral......more