Gore Vidal - Point to Point Navigation
James Naughtie talks to one of the great American men of letters - novelist, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, raconteur and notorious wit Gore Vidal. Now in his eighties but with his acerbity still intact, Vidal joins an audience of readers to discuss his memoir Point to Point Navigation.
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- Sun 7 Sep 2008 16:00BBC Radio 4
- Thu 11 Sep 2008 16:00BBC Radio 4
- Mon 6 Aug 2012 20:30BBC Radio 4
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