FAREWELL GORE VIDAL

I always hoped that he might contact me, or at least that someone who “handled” his correspondence would.

 I often checked the Internet to see what he had been writing (or saying).

A few years ago I had purchased a signed, 1^st edition of his Visit to a Small Planet, and had told him in my brief letter what I had thought about it.

I had also bought a signed, 1^st edition of Kalki.  

His wit always shined with brilliant light. 

He became more cynical about all things the nearer he came to his denouement.

I think that I dreaded the day of his death more than he did.

                              

R.I.P.