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In Tom Wolfe's hands, the strange saga of American architecture in the 20th century makes for both high comedy and intellectual excitement. This is his sequel to The Painted Word, the book that caused such a furor in the art world five years before. Once again Wolfe shows how social and intellectual fashions have determined aesthetic form in our time and how willingly the creators have abandoned personal vision and originality in order to work a la mode.

As the producer of a prime-time TV newsmagazine, Irv Durtscher fancies himself the Federico Fellini of television journalism. For who else can draw 50 million viewers, satisfy the network's gluttony for profits, and advance the cause of social justice? The only problem is that no one else...

A big, panoramic story of the new America, as told by our master chronicler of the way we live now. As a police launch speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay -- with officer Nestor Camacho on board -- Tom Wolfe is off and running. Into the feverous landscape of the city, he introduces the Cuban...

Este realto provocó la prohibición de las obras de Wolfe en la Alemania hitleriana. En él, el autor nos muestra crudamente el drama de los perseguidos e inadaptados en una sociedad controlada por la burocracia oficial. Thomas Clayton Wolfe fue un novelista americano prolífico en la década de los años 20. Escribió cuatro novelas largas además de muchísimos relatos cortos. Sus obras se caracterizan por mezclar poesía con prosa, por ser ficción histórica e incluso en ocasión ficción biográfica.

A monthly conversation with Governor Tom Wolf

**About the Podcast** Host Tom G. Wolf invites a guest on each week to delve into all things strange, dark and unusual. Spanning the worlds of film, TV, literature, music, the paranormal, tabletop gaming and pretty much anything else out there, Lupine Transmissions is firmly dedicated to the strange, whatever form it takes. TLDR: if you like anything goth or metal-adjacent, you’re going to find something of interest here. **Meet the Host** Tom G. Wolf is a Sydney-based writer. His work has appeared at We Are the Mutants, Cinepunx and Unwinnable. He lives with his wife, Alana, and his cat ...

A big, panoramic story of the new America, as told by our master chronicler of the way we live now. As a police launch speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay -- with officer Nestor Camacho on board -- Tom Wolfe is off and running. Into the feverous landscape of the city, he introduces the Cuban...

The maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong. Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. The Kingdom of Speech is a captivating...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST “A masterpiece” (The Wall Street Journal) of a novel by the era-defining author of The Bonfire of the Vanities—now a Netflix original limited series from David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) starring Jeff Daniels, Lucy Liu, and...

Nine unabridged essays from Hooking Up with five read by Tom Wolfe! Only yesterday boys and girls spoke of embracing and kissing (necking) as getting to first base. Second base was deep kissing, plus groping and fondling this and that. Third base was oral sex. Home plate was going all the way...

Dupont University: the Olympian halls of learning housing the cream of America's youth, the roseate Gothic spires and manicured lawns suffused with tradition....Or so it appears to beautiful, brilliant Charlotte Simmons, a sheltered freshman from North Carolina, who has come here on full scholarship. But Charlotte soon learns, to her mounting dismay, that for the upper-crust coeds of Dupont, sex, Cool, and kegs trump academic achievement every time.

Dupont University: the Olympian halls of learning housing the cream of America's youth, the roseate Gothic spires and manicured lawns suffused with tradition....Or so it appears to beautiful, brilliant Charlotte Simmons, a sheltered freshman from North Carolina, who has come here on full scholarship. But Charlotte soon learns, to her mounting dismay, that for the upper-crust coeds of Dupont, sex, Cool, and kegs trump academic achievement every time.

"La fiesta de los Jacks aborda" de nuevo los aspectos más sórdidos y míseros de la sociedad, enfrentados esta vez a las diversiones, lujo y riqueza de la clase alta. De estilo kafkiano, Wolfe logra en ambas narraciones trazar el perfil de la realidad de su tiempo. Thomas Clayton Wolfe fue un novelista americano prolífico en la década de los años 20. Escribió cuatro novelas largas además de muchísimos relatos cortos. Sus obras se caracterizan por mezclar poesía con prosa, por ser ficción histórica e incluso en ocasión ficción biográfica.