Messiah

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MESSIAH
THE NOVELS OF GORE VIDAL
WILLIWAW 1946 · IN A YELLOW WOOD 1947 · THE CITY AND THE PILLAR 1948 · THE SEASON OF COMFORT 1949 · A SEARCH FOR THE KING 1950 · DARK GREEN, BRIGHT RED 1950 · THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS 1952 · MESSIAH 1954.
GORE VIDAL
E. P. DUTTON & CO., INC. NEW YORK 1954
Copyright, 1954, by E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
FIRST EDITION