The Purple Decades: A ReaderTom Wolfe's The Purple Decades brings together the author's own selections from his list of critically acclaimed publications, including the complete text of Mau-Mauing and the Flak Catchers, his account of the wild games the poverty program encouraged minority groups to play. |
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THE PURPLE DECADES-A READER
User Review - KirkusNot too many readers would agree with Joe David Bellamy (who provides the introduction here) that Tom Wolfe's New Journalism offers "the definitive, comprehensive, tuned-in portrait of our age." In ... Read full review
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User Review - mrtall - LibraryThingExcellent essays from one of America's greatest writers and social observers. The Purple Decades spans Wolfe's non-fiction best from the 60s and 70s, including the all-time greats 'Radical Chic' and ... Read full review
Contents
THE LAST AMERICAN HERO | |
THE VOICES OF VILLAGE SQUARE | |
A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE | |
THE WOMAN WHO HAS EVERYTHING | |
THE PUMP HOUSE GANG | |
THE MIDATLANTIC | |
ON THE | |
THESE RADICAL CHIC EVENINGS | |
MAUMAUING THE FLAK CATCHERS | |
JOUSTING WITH | |
THE ME DECADE AND THE THIRD GREAT | |
THE INTELLIGENT COEDS GUIDE | |
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