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Satirical dissection of turn-of-millennium America.
If you're keen on understanding the cultural zeitgeist during the turn of the millennium, Wolfe's "Hooking Up" offers a piercing and witty commentary that feels like taking a frenetic ride across a nation in flux. Wolfe's sharp observations on sexuality, technology, and identity will resonate with those who appreciate a bold examination of societal trends and human behavior.
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ISBN: 9780099565888
Authors:
Tom Wolfe
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date of Publication: 2012-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.34
(rated by 1974 readers)
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Tom Wolfe's name is now so well known that the cover of his new collection bears just Tom Wolfe's name. No title, no picture, just the name, with an elegant design twining through it. Flip the thing on its side and you'll find that its title, Hooking Up , gives little idea of its function. But investigation soon reveals an oleo of reportage, fiction, and acrimonious name-calling. The latter, of course, makes for the best reading. In "My Three Stooges," Wolfe reviles the three big men of American letters--Updike, Mailer, and Irving--who cast aspersions on his second novel. Apparently, "the allergens for jealousy were present. Both Updike and Mailer had books out at the same time as A Man in Full , and theirs had sunk without a bubble. With Irving there was the Dickens factor." Wolfe gets in a lot of figures about what a big hit his book was with the reading public, and a few gentle reminders about other writers who were big hits of their times--little guys like Twain and Tolstoy. Equally bitter fun are his two famous 1965 satires from the New York Herald Tribune . As always, Wolfe's titles lead you a good way into the actual "Tiny Mummies! The True Story of the Ruler of 43rd Street's Land of the Walking Dead!" and "Lost in the Whichy The New Yorker ." Wolfe, clotheshorse of note, gets off some of his best cracks at the expense of New Yorker editor William Shawn's fashion "He always seems to have on about twenty layers of clothes, about three button-up sweaters, four vests, a couple of shirts, two ties, it looks that way, a dark shapeless suit over the whole ensemble, and white cotton socks." The rest of the reported pieces are unexceptional, and while the novella Ambush at Fort Bragg makes the most of its setting--a Dateline -like newsmagazine--it lacks the irresistible momentum required to drag most readers into a novella. Still, it's fun to watch the author reprise his lifelong role of unlikely between his sniping at the literary elite and his mocking of the precious New Yorker set, Tom Wolfe makes like a defender of the common man. --Claire Dederer
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Satirical dissection of turn-of-millennium America.
If you're keen on understanding the cultural zeitgeist during the turn of the millennium, Wolfe's "Hooking Up" offers a piercing and witty commentary that feels like taking a frenetic ride across a nation in flux. Wolfe's sharp observations on sexuality, technology, and identity will resonate with those who appreciate a bold examination of societal trends and human behavior.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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