Tom Wolfe Has Died
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Tom Wolfe Has Died
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#2who?
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#3I have to admit, I've never read a Tom Wolfe book. Does anyone have some good recommendations?
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#4Years ago when I was living in the Bay Area, Tom Wolfe was hanging around doing research for a book on Silicon Valley. The rumour was that he left with the opinion that nothing interesting worth writing about happened there.
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#5I have to admit, I've never read a Tom Wolfe book. Does anyone have some good recommendations?
I've only read Bonfire of the Vanities but it's a great taste of the conflicts and tensions brewing in 1980s New York. Unfortunately seems relevant today to explain the President's world view.
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#6I have to admit, I've never read a Tom Wolfe book. Does anyone have some good recommendations?
The Right Stuff. Go. Read it. Now. Shoo.
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#7I have to admit, I've never read a Tom Wolfe book. Does anyone have some good recommendations?
Bonfire of the Vanities, The Right Stuff, Electric Kool Aid Acid Test. Good spread of his styles.
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#8I have to admit, I've never read a Tom Wolfe book. Does anyone have some good recommendations?
I read "Bonfire of the Vanities" many years ago, and thought it was fantastic -- does an incredible job of portraying the different social/ethnic/economic groups in New York during the 1980's, and how these groups view, think about, and interact with each other. Hollywood turned the book into a terrible movie that ruins the story; I would avoid the movie if you have any interest in reading the book.
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#9I have to admit, I've never read a Tom Wolfe book. Does anyone have some good recommendations?
I might start with 'The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby' which is a collection of his essays. The first chapter of 'The Right Stuff' is worth reading by itself. The rest of the book is fascinating but drags on a bit in the last third. My favorite is 'The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test'. I haven't gotten around to reading 'Bonfire of the Vanities' however so I can't really comment on that.
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#10So this is one of the people thats responsible for urging journalists to be less objective? Could explain why journalistic integrity is such a mess right now. I didn't even know there was such a movement.