In this, his first book and one of the landmarks of the New Journalism, Tom Wolfe managed to look at the American scene of the early 1960s afresh and to zero in on the more exotic forms of status-seeking then in vogue from New York to Los Angeles. In the dances, bouffant hairdos, stock-car racing and rock concerts, Wolfe found a unique American energy, and the incandescent style that produced The Right Stuff and The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is already in evidence. In the title essay - Wolfe's first magazine article - he eulogizes the flamboyant 'kustomized kars' California teens constructed with artistic dedication. And there's more - Phil Spectre, Cassius Clay, Las Vegas, the Nanny Mafia, Why Doormen hate Volkswagens. Classic Wolfe!
| ISBN | 0099479389 | | Pages | 368 | | ISBN13 | 9780099479383
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 290 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Vintage | | Height (mm) | 197 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 20 Oct 2005 | | Spine width (mm) | 23 | | DEWEY | 306.0973 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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"'This is a book that will be a sharp pleasure to reread years from now, when it will bring back, like a falcon in the sky of memory, a whole world that is currently jetting, or jazzing, its way to somewhere or other' Newsweek"
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