In 1973, at a book reading at UPenn, I asked Tom Wolfe how he would label a guy who showed up in diverse settings wearing a white suit and white tie. Wolff said: "Easy. Clearly a representative of the New Pretensions."
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Rest in Peace
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I remember reading Bonfire of the Vanities a long time ago. It was a very long book but it was excellently researched. In order to demonstrate the court system Wolfe deviated from the story to describe another court case entirely, right in the middle of the book. It was brave.
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Loved that book. RIP x
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“Everybody, everybody everywhere, has his own movie going, his own scenario, and everybody is acting his movie out like mad, only most people don’t know that is what they’re trapped by, their little script.” Tom Wolfe: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test RIP
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"Bonfire of the Vanities" is a classic and captured those times perfectly. One of the great social observers of our day.
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The Right Stuff Bonfire of the Vanities And many more. Very sad.
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He must be on the fast track to heaven - his books were so great and honest. He impacted thought for generations.
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