Tom Wolfe Books

The first Americans in space--Yeager, Conrad, Grissom, and Glenn--battle the Russians for control of the heavens and put their lives on the line to demonstrate a quality beyond courage, in this classic by Wolfe.

With an anthology edited by Tom Wolfe and E. W. Johnson

Looking for new forms of status and power, the author travels from La Jolla to London in search of the 1960s subculture's wildest heroes. Reprint.

In the 1960s and the 1970s Tom Wolfe rose to fame as a chronicler of the gaudiest period in American history. It began at a hot-rod custom-car show where he marvelled at the little nest of pink angora angel's-hair used for the purpose of glamorous display. It grew - with his fascination for the Las Vegas-style neon-sculpture boom and its electro-pastel surge through the suburbs - into the kandy-kolored tangerine - flake streamline baby and the new journalism was born.

A thriller in which a New York City broker clashes with the Bronx.

"America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek) trains his satirical eye on Modern Art in this "masterpiece" (The Washington Post) Wolfe's style has never been more dazzling, his wit never more keen. He addresses the scope of Modern Art, from its founding days as Abstract Expressionism through its transformations to Pop, Op, Minimal, and Conceptual. The Painted Word is Tom Wolfe "at his most clever, amusing, and irreverent" (San Francisco Chronicle).

"When are the 1970's going to begin?" ran the joke during the l976 presidential bid. In these stories and essays Wolfe meets the question head-on -- even providing the label "The Me Decade".

A review of architectural trends in the twentieth century that attacks the modernist mainstream.

A decade after defining an era with his previous work, Tom Wolfe returns with a masterful portrayal of America on the brink of the millennium. Set in Atlanta, Georgia—a racially diverse boomtown filled with new wealth and savvy politicians—the narrative follows Charles Croker, a former college football star turned late-middle-aged business mogul. Croker's inflated ego clashes with reality as he navigates his vast quail-shooting plantation, a demanding young wife, and a struggling office complex burdened with debt. Meanwhile, Conrad Hensley, an idealistic father laid off from Croker Global Foods, finds himself ensnared in the depths of the American legal system. The story escalates when Fareek "the Canon" Fanon, a star running back from Atlanta's slums, is accused of date-raping the daughter of a prominent white figure. Upscale black lawyer Roger White II is called to defend Fanon, tasked with maintaining the city's fragile racial equilibrium. Wolfe intricately weaves together themes of illegal immigration, life behind bars, and shady real estate dealings, delivering a vivid snapshot of contemporary America. The resolution of Charlie Croker's challenges culminates in a memorable conclusion, marking this as one of Wolfe's most significant and entertaining works to date.

Annie Leibovitz's first book. All celebrity portraits: The Stones, Townsend, Michael Douglas, Patti Smith, Woody Allen, Clint Eastwood, etc. 142 pages; color and b&w photographic plates through out; 9.25 x 12.25 inches.