The Purple Decades

Tom Wolfe

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Vintage
01 November 2005

Biography: general; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

'The inventor of New Journalism-wielding his terrible swift satirist sword' Newsweek

The Purple Decades brings together the author's own selections from his list of critically acclaimed publications, including the best from The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Radical Chic, From Bauhaus to Our House, The Right Stuff and the complete text of Mau-Mauing and the Flak Catchers. An essential introduction to the non-fiction writing of the inventor of New Journalism.

By: Tom Wolfe
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 288g
ISBN: 9780099479369
ISBN 10: 0099479362
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 01 November 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tom Wolfe is the author of a dozen books, among them such contemporary classics as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, and The Bonfire of the Vanities. A native of Richmond, Virginia, he earned his B. A. at Washington and Lee University and a Ph. D. in American studies at Yale. He lives in New York City.