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See all books authored by tom wolfe, including the electric koolaid acid test, and the right stuff, and. Wolfe presents an asiffirsthand account of the experiences of ken kesey and his band of merry pranksters, who traveled across the country in a colorfully painted. Tom wolfe, american novelist, journalist, and social commentator who was a leading. Tom wolfe, an innovative journalist and novelist whose technicolor, wildly.

In 1979, he published the influential book the right stuff about the mercury seven astronauts. Wolfe was educated at washington and lee universities, as well as yale, where he earned his phd in american studies. In an essay titled my three stooges, included in his 2001 collection. He was one of the founders of the new journalism movement, and was famous for coining the term fictionabsolute.

Tom wolfe books biography and list of works author of bonfire. While there he experimented with using fictional techniques in feature stories. Thomas clayton wolfe october 3, 1900 september 15, 1938 was an american novelist of the early twentieth century wolfe wrote four lengthy novels as well as many short stories, dramatic works, and novellas. Tom wolfe, the master social novelist of our time, the spoton chronicler of all things contemporary and cultural, presents a sensational new novel about life, love, and learningor the lack of itamid todays american colleges. Wolfe occasionally raises hackles, and he always provokes a response. Tom wolfe 19312018 was an american author of fiction and nonfiction books. Tom wolfe 1931 tom wolfe born march 2, 1931 is an american author and journalist. I would have changed the title of this book for another one. He is known for mixing highly original, poetic, rhapsodic, and impressionistic prose with autobiographical writing.

Wolfe began his career as a regional newspaper reporter in the 1950s, achieving national prominence in the 1960s following the. It is a sequel to the web and the rock, which, along with the collection the hills beyond, was extracted from the same manuscript the novel tells the story of george webber, a fledgling author, who. Born in richmond, virginia, wolfe took his first newspaper job in 1956 and eventually worked for the washington post and the new york herald tribune among others. That workespecially the title piece about car customizers, which was. Painted word 1975, american author tom wolfe writes about the power of. Wolfes first book, the kandykolored tangerineflake streamline baby 1964, is a. Tom wolfe born march 2, 1931 is an american author and journalist. The right stuff is based on extensive research by wolfe, who interviewed test pilots, the astronauts and their wives, among others. March 2, 1930 may 14, 2018 was an american author and journalist widely known for his association with new journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that incorporated literary techniques.