Some of our most illustrious writers have tried their best to sink their fellow authors, using all the weapons at their commandwit, humor, sarcasm, and invective. In these eight profiles of quarrels between famous scribes, readers will find both wonderful literary gossip and insight into our social and intellectual history. Included are such lively literary barbs as:Mary McCarthy on Lillian HellmanEvery word she writes is a lie, including and and the Gore Vidal on Truman CapoteIt is inhumane to attack Capote. You are attacking an elf.lso included are the quarrels of Tom Wolfe and John Updike; Sinclair Lewis and Theodore Dreiser; Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein; and others.Literary Feuds is the perfect gift for literature lovers.