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Tom Wolfe, Author of ‘The Right Stuff,’ and 'Bonfire of the Vanities' Dead at Age 87
WTOP .com ^ | May 15 2018 11:15am | Patrick Roth

Posted on 05/15/2018 8:19:19 AM PDT by ethom

Tom Wolfe, the white suit wearing iconic author of works such as “Bonfire of the Vanities” and “The Right Stuff” has died on Tuesday in New York City.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
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To: EDINVA

Omg. You are right. I meant to say A Man in Full, but started thinking about Bonfires. Sorry


41 posted on 05/15/2018 1:42:25 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: Toespi

Easy enough to do! SO many good books from one man.


42 posted on 05/15/2018 8:21:21 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: ethom

“The Painted Word”. That little book by Wolfe exposed the modern art movement for the trash it was/is.


43 posted on 05/15/2018 9:44:25 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: ethom

I’ve never read him. When I should’ve been reading his works, I was reading Solzhenitsyn.


44 posted on 05/16/2018 2:34:40 AM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: wardaddy

Great post, thanks for telling us about that.


45 posted on 05/16/2018 4:36:59 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl
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To: Travis McGee
A natural conservative who was sucked into the black hole of Manhattan liberalism and never left.

I'm not so sure that he was "sucked into" Manhattan liberalism.

He liked the good life and having a lot to see and do, so he stayed in New York.

My guess is that both his "natural conservatism" and the liberalism of his surroundings cancelled out to leave him somewhere in the middle, as would be the case if any of us really made it in the literary world.

People who say they wouldn't be corrupted or changed are often people who never had the opportunity.

46 posted on 05/16/2018 4:46:36 PM PDT by x
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