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.