He also talks about reality, his blind grandfather, and Eleanor Roosevelt’s influence. Told from the perspective of Saint Timothy as he travels with Saint Paul, the 1992 novels narrative shifts in time as Timothy and Paul combat a mysterious hacker from the future who is deleting all traces of Christianity. Vidal also discusses his book, “Screening History.” He talks about his airplane piloting experience and interest in movies. Live from Golgotha is a novel by Gore Vidal, an irreverent spoof of the New Testament. Vidal then goes on to describe Paul, Timothy, Jesus Christ, Judas, and a cyberpunk who is trying to erase the gospels. He goes on to explain the storyline that revolves around NBC (National Broadcasting Company) trying to save its ratings by televising the crucifixion. For permission to use this item, contact The Drucker Institute, ĭescription Gore Vidal discusses his book, “Live from Golgotha.” Vidal begins by saying that Golgotha was the hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus Christ was crucified. Vidal’s passing, at 86, was marked not only in the literary community of which he was an esteemed part, but across the whole world he had so successfully stalked through his long life. Publication Information The Drucker InstituteĪll rights are retained by The Drucker Institute. Title Gore Vidal interview, 1990 September Creator Vidal, Gore, 1925.
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