The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby - Softcover

Wolfe, Tom

3.75

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9780553380583: The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553380583 ISBN 13: 9780553380583

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1999

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The author's first book, a unique collection of essays about 1960s lifestyles, peels the lid off the egalitarian subculture of the era. Reprint.

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Review:

""Might well be required reading in courses with names like American studies."--"Time "Magazine"" "I'm always rereading Tom Wolfe's "The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby.""--David Gates "Tom Wolfe is a terrific writer."--"The Washington Monthly """ "Wolfe can do things with words and settings that few writers are capable of matching."--Tom Walker, "The Denver Post""" "The man's done the impossible. He--Yes!--understands America!"--"Houston Chronicle "

"His eye and ear for detailed observation are incomparable; and observation is to the satirist what bullets are to a gun."--"The Boston Sunday Globe

Might well be required reading in courses with names like American studies. "Time Magazine"

I'm always rereading Tom Wolfe's "The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby." "David Gates"

Tom Wolfe is a terrific writer. "The Washington Monthly"

Wolfe can do things with words and settings that few writers are capable of matching. "Tom Walker, The Denver Post"

The man's done the impossible. He--Yes!--understands America! "Houston Chronicle"

His eye and ear for detailed observation are incomparable; and observation is to the satirist what bullets are to a gun. "The Boston Sunday Globe""

Might well be required reading in courses with names like American studies. Time Magazine

I'm always rereading Tom Wolfe's The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. David Gates

Tom Wolfe is a terrific writer. The Washington Monthly

Wolfe can do things with words and settings that few writers are capable of matching. Tom Walker, The Denver Post

The man's done the impossible. He--Yes!--understands America! Houston Chronicle

His eye and ear for detailed observation are incomparable; and observation is to the satirist what bullets are to a gun. The Boston Sunday Globe

"Might well be required reading in courses with names like American studies." --Time Magazine

"I'm always rereading Tom Wolfe's The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby." --David Gates

"Tom Wolfe is a terrific writer." --The Washington Monthly

"Wolfe can do things with words and settings that few writers are capable of matching." --Tom Walker, The Denver Post

"The man's done the impossible. He--Yes!--understands America!" --Houston Chronicle

"His eye and ear for detailed observation are incomparable; and observation is to the satirist what bullets are to a gun." --The Boston Sunday Globe

Book Description:

'Verdict: excellent book by a genius' Kurt Vonnegut

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