Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Towards the end of the book, Vidal confides that he dislikes social gatherings. Still, this hater of parties clearly went to several thousand of them, perhaps just to make sure.
Martin Amis • The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 (Vintage International)

“Crack-Up”
A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
sybaritic
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
Sir Morris Abbot,
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
