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Tom wolfe made a dozen extended trips to miami over two years while researching back to blood. Of his four novels, the bonfire of the vanities 1987 about race tensions in new york city is the most famous, but his second, a. The cuban mayor, a yalemarinated journalist, the black police chief, the clueless baying artbuyers and an anglo billionaire porn addict all come up for scrutiny in tom wolfes highenergy, scrupulous and hilarious reckoning with our times. A big, panoramic story of the new america, as told by our master chronicler of the way we live now.
March 2, 1930 may 14, 2018 was an american author and journalist widely known for his association with new journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that incorporated literary techniques. Early in tom wolfes new novel back to blood, a bout of road rage lays. It isnt that back to blood is entirely about sex and shopping, or even that it is entirely bad. Tom wolfes move from the new journalism to fiction writing, undertaken a quartercentury ago, now seems on a par with babe ruths shift from. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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Back to blood by tom wolfe tom wolfes new novel is a sprawling portrait of miami and its many ethnic groups, centering around. Tom wolfe 19302018 was the author of more than a dozen books, among them the electric koolaid acid test, the right stuff, the bonfire of the vanities, a man in full, i am charlotte simmons and back to blood. Back to blood a big, panoramic story of the new america, as told by our master chronicler of the way we live now. Tom wolfe in his novel back to blood sets out to depict a diverse america that isnt melting in the melting pot. Author tom wolfe discusses his latest novel, back to blood. Back to blood king county library system overdrive. Tom wolfe on his new book, back to blood vanity fair. This acclaimed book by tom wolfe is available at in several formats for your ereader. Back to blood often reads like a novel for the hard of hearing, megaphone meets ear trumpet. This documentary goes behind the iconic white suit to show what makes this master author and journalist tick.
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