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Tom Wolfe

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Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe is the author of more than a dozen books, among them The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full, and I Am Charlotte Simmons. A native of Richmond, Virginia, he earned his B.A. at Washington and Lee University and a Ph.D. in American studies at Yale. He lives in New York City.


Books by Tom Wolfe

Books: 8
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I Am Charlotte Simmons

I Am Charlotte Simmons

by Tom Wolfe

Another unputdownable novel from the author of The Bonfire of the Vanities and A Man in Full, both bestsellers.

The Purple Decades

The Purple Decades

by Tom Wolfe

'The inventor of New Journalism-wielding his terrible swift satirist sword' Newsweek

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

by Tom Wolfe

The Right Stuff is the best, the funniest, and the most vivid book ever written about America's manned space program.

The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby

The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby

by Tom Wolfe

'Verdict: excellent book by a genius' Kurt Vonnegut

The Bonfire of the Vanities

The Bonfire of the Vanities

by Tom Wolfe

As influential as Martin Amis's MONEY and Oliver Stone's film WALL STREET, this is an exhilarating satire of Eighties excess and a book that captures the roiling spirit of New York

Hooking Up

Hooking Up

by Tom Wolfe

A perfect introduction to Tom Wolfe's brilliant and masterful journalism.

A Man In Full

A Man In Full

by Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe's enthralling masterpiece of the late 1990s - The Bonfire of the Vanities - ten years on.

Back to Blood

Back to Blood

by Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe is back, with his most brilliant novel since The Bonfire of the Vanities, jettisoning us into the turbulent heart of America’s racial vortex: Miami.

Books: 8
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