are a trio of books that few authors can - or have - reached. He may not be on the Mt. Rushmore of American novelists, but he's within at least the second tier. RIP to a great writer.
reading the obit fuelled my desire to read more of his work.
Only read bonfire, which i loved. but also big fan of Breslin and Hamill etc who I believe were in the same ballpark.
I enjoyed The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test as much as the next guy when I read it at 19, but Wolfe later came to represent a certain white male literary elitism that was difficult for me to square. And some of his later work, specifically I Am Charlotte Simmons, was awful. All in all, a mixed bag.
I enjoyed The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test as much as the next guy when I read it at 19, but Wolfe later came to represent a certain white male literary elitism that was difficult for me to square. And some of his later work, specifically I Am Charlotte Simmons, was awful. All in all, a mixed bag.
If all you get out of Tom Wolfe is white male literary elitism, it says more about you than it does about him. He was the great skewerer of white elites. But yes, Charlotte Simmons had a lot of cringe.
I had the fortune of meeting him on a few occasions
as we went to the same high school, and he frequently returned for various events and fundraisers. A gracious and witty man in person and an outstanding writer.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/obituaries/tom-wolfe-pyrotechnic-nonfiction-writer-and-novelist-dies-at-88.html - ( New Window )
RIP. 88 not too bad. A great life.
Only read bonfire, which i loved. but also big fan of Breslin and Hamill etc who I believe were in the same ballpark.
Didn't know he was a serious baseball player.
RIP
If all you get out of Tom Wolfe is white male literary elitism, it says more about you than it does about him. He was the great skewerer of white elites. But yes, Charlotte Simmons had a lot of cringe.