"Of course, it is possible for any citizen with time to spare, and a canny eye, to work out what is actually going on, but for the many there is not time, and the network news is the only news even though it may not be news at all but only a series of flashing fictions..."
Gore Vidal, The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
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"Gore Vidal - literary lion, political gadfly, raconteur and friend of the famous. Vidal is renowned for his historical novels, essays, plays and more. For more than half-a-century, he has been an outspoken critic of American imperialism and more. Now at the age of eighty-one, Vidal looks back on his remarkable life in the second volume of his memoirs. The book is called "Point to Point Navigation"."
Deste autor saiu há anos na Colecção Mil Folhas do Público este livro, uma narrativa extraordinária, crítica mas bem humorada acerca da História dos Estados Unidos que o sistema esconde dos manuais e dos media. Recomendo vivamente.
