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The Edgar Box genre novels sold well and earned the black-listed Vidal a secret living. That mystery-novel success led Vidal to write in other genres, where he produced the stage play The Best Man: A Play about Politics (1960) and the television play Visit to a Small Planet (1957).
- Eugene Luther Vidal Jr.
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May 10, 2012 · In the Edgar Box detective novels Gore Vidal seems not to have been interested in violence (he loathed Mickey Spillane), but he did supply the desired sex (the name Edgar Box, by the way, was derived in part from a famous "Edgar" --Vidal thought Poe, while Weybright thought Wallace ).
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Aug 3, 2012 · But that analysis was only possible because Vidal had been writing a trilogy of crime novels in secret, under the pen name Edgar Box—and already following some of his own advice.
Jul 26, 2019 · In the novels of “Edgar Box,” and in their depiction of the ruling class of America, there are no heroes, only villains—killers and conmen and lesser villains, crafty and witty publicists who live only to see their names on invoices and newspapers.
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If not, help out and invite Edgar to Goodreads. About Edgar Box: Pseudynom of Gore Vidal.. Edgar Box is the author of Williwaw (3.43 avg rating, 460 ratings, 45 reviews, published 1946), Death in the F...
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Audible Audiobook. – Unabridged. Gore Vidal (Author), Edgar Box (Author), Mikael Naramore (Narrator), 4.2 27 ratings. See all formats and editions. In Death in the Fifth Position, dashing P.R. man Peter Sargent is hired by a ballet company on the eve of a major upcoming performance.
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Edgar Box. + Follow. Home. All Books. Edgar Box. Most popular. Creation: A Novel (Vintage International) 393. Kindle Edition. $799$18.95. Top Edgar Box titles. Page 1 of 1. Burr: A Novel (Narratives of Empire, Book 1) 1,238. Creation: A Novel. 393. Death Before Bedtime (Peter Cutler Sargeant II Book 2) 15.
