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Tom Wolfe

Born

in Richmond, Virginia, The United States

March 02, 1931

Died

May 14, 2018

Website

http://www.tomwolfe.com/

Genre

Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction, Contemporary

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Wolfe was educated at Washington and Lee Universities and also at Yale, where he received a PhD in American studies.

Tom Wolfe spent his early days as a Washington Post beat reporter, where his free-association, onomatopoetic style would later become the trademark of New Journalism. In books such as The Electric Koolaid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, and The Bonfire of the Vanities, Wolfe delves into the inner workings of the mind, writing about the unconscious decisions people make in their lives. His attention to eccentricities of human behavior and language and to questions of social status are considered unparalleled in the American literary canon.

He is one of the founders of the New Journalism movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 286,790 ratings · 14,317 reviews · 190 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bonfire of the Vanities 3.89 avg rating — 79,295 ratings — published 1987 — 202 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test 3.92 avg rating — 74,510 ratings — published 1968 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Right Stuff 4.22 avg rating — 51,795 ratings — published 1979 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I am Charlotte Simmons 3.44 avg rating — 27,588 ratings — published 2004 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Man in Full 3.87 avg rating — 18,265 ratings — published 1998 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Back to Blood 3.30 avg rating — 9,190 ratings — published 2012 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Painted Word 3.84 avg rating — 6,600 ratings — published 1975 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Bauhaus to Our House 3.76 avg rating — 3,756 ratings — published 1981 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers 3.80 avg rating — 3,462 ratings — published 1970 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby 3.75 avg rating — 3,367 ratings — published 1965 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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