Have you read anything by Tom Wolfe?

I've read [i]The Bonfire of the Vanities[/i] and [i]The Right Stuff[/i].

This morning I was lying in bed, looking at my bookshelf and I noticed my couple of books by Tom Wolfe. I then thought to myself, "Tom Wolfe...is he still alive?" I checked my phone and found out that he had just died at the age of 87, and news stories about his death started showing up about 20 minutes before I suddenly thought to look him up. Bizarre.

Either way, R.I.P. to an insightful non-fiction author and novelist.

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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

One of the oddest movie-making decisions was Bonfire of the vanities.
A clever and knowing book, poorly adapted, given to a director renowned for 'slice and dice' thrillers, starring the best known actors of the day, all as characters against type and the hash of a movie they made is generally thought of as how NOT to adapt a popular novel. 'R'-rated because of the language used. So that cut the numbers of theatres that played it and also restricted the advertising. Costing an estimated $47 Million to produce and grossed less than $16 Million in the U.S.

A really good book but butchered for the big screen.

Elandra77

THOMAS Wolfe..the classic author of many years ago? Yes. Author of "You Can't Go Home Again "and 'Look Homeward, Angel"

But I suspect you are not referring to THAT THOMAS WOLFE.

So no..

SW-User

@Elandra77 No, this would be Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr. of the latter half of the 20th century.

Both are worth reading, however :)

Elandra77

@SW-User Indeed it would be. The Kennedy was usually omitted in his name. Old timers , such as myself, just referred to him as Tom. So when Tom Wolfe came out it was confusing for a bit.

The latter part I am not so sure of. "You Can't Go Home Again" was published in 1934. About a 1/3 of the century in. I first read it in 1969. That. and Solzhenitsyn's "The First Circle" were the last I read that decade.☺

TryingtoLava

Oh no :( im reading him now

iwritestories · 41-45, F

@TryingtoLava which one

TryingtoLava

Acid test :)

iwritestories · 41-45, F

He was a great author!!!

trackboy · 22-25, M

both were made into movies.

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