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While The Right Stuff and The Bonfire of the Vanities remain perhaps his best known works, the author's journalism and fiction continues to enjoy a large audience, perhaps chiefly because of the variety of his subjects and his controversial approach to them. Here, he offers an account of the man and his works, explaining along the way Wolfe's use of irony, his obsessive themes, and even his use of pranks. More comprehensive in scope than any preceding book on Wolfe, it offers accurate and accessible commentary based upon what Wolfe admits about his own work. In this new book, Wolfe's work is put in journalistic and literary context. The reliability of Wolfe's journalism is discussed, especially when there are alternative narrations to events he has depicted. McEneaney also examines the Wolfe's use of pranks that he plays on readers at times, and uncovers the influences on Wolfe that have contributed to his unique style. Finally, the author discusses Wolfe's impact on other writers.
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Social life and customs, Manners and customs in literature, Popular culture, Criticism and interpretation, Political and social views, In literature, Social values in literature, History, Wolfe, tom, 1931-2018, Popular culture, united states, United states, in literature, United states, social life and customsPeople
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Tom Wolfe's America: heroes, pranksters, and fools
2009, Praeger Publishers
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031336544X 9780313365447
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Tom Wolfe's America: Heroes, Pranksters, and Fools
2009, ABC-CLIO, LLC
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0313365458 9780313365454
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