
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, November 18, 1993                   TAG: 9311180081
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-18   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

GORE VIDAL AMONG FINALISTS FOR NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

Author Gore Vidal was among the finalists Wednesday at the 43rd annual National Book Awards.

Vidal was nominated in nonfiction for "United States: Essays 1952-1992." - Associated Press

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