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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.
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The purple decades, Tom Wolfe
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- Released
- 1993
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- Title
- The purple decades
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tom Wolfe
- Publisher
- Picador
- Released
- 1993
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN10
- 0330326082
- ISBN13
- 9780330326087
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, True Stories, History, Humor, Opinion Journalism & Essays, Journalism, Series
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
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- 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.