Curmudgeonly mid-century novelist/historian/essayist Gore Vidal discusses a number of subjects – including his groundbreaking gay novel The Pillar & the Salt, whether or not being “gay” is even a thing, and a little known story about a Pacific island during World War II where all the male soldiers thrillingly paired up into couples.

Interview was conducted in 2003 by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey for Imagine Entertainment’s Inside Deep Throat.