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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE HARDCOVER EDITION AS FOLLOWS:
Vidal, Gore
Palimpsest: a memoir / Gore Vidal.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 9780679440383 (hardcover)
ISBN 9780140260892 (paperback)
ISBN 9781101667354 (ebook)
1. Vidal, Gore—Biography. 2. Authors, American—20th century—Biography. I. Title.
PS3543.I26Z474 1995
818’.5409—dc20
[B] 95-37777
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