{"product_id":"9780349147123","title":"The City And The Pillar","description":"Author: Gore Vidal\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349147123\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 Jan 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA literary cause celebre when first published in 1948, Gore Vidal's now-classic \u003ci\u003eThe City and the Pillar \u003c\/i\u003estands as a landmark novel of the gay experience\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJim Willard, former high-school athlete and clean-cut boy-next-door, is haunted by the memory of a romantic adolescent encounter with his friend Bob Ford. As Jim pursues his first love, in awe of the very same masculinity he possesses himself, his progress through the secret gay world of 1940's America unveils surreptitious Hollywood affairs, the hidden life of the military in the Second World War and the underworld bar culture of New York City.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the publication of his daring third novel\u003ci\u003e The City and the Pillar\u003c\/i\u003e in 1948, Gore Vidal shocked the American public, which has just begun to hail him as their newest and brightest young writer. It remains not only an authentic and profoundly important social document but also a serious exploration of the nature of idealistic love.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gore Vidal, a writer of lustrous and fabulously readable prose, was always ahead of his time, so it is wonderful to see some of his finest works being republished for an audience who will be ready to (re)discover his daring, his insight and his wickedly waspish wit' STEPHEN FRY\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46697635643550,"sku":"ADS-9780349147123","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349147123.jpg?v=1775718224","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349147123","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}