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Thomas Kennerly "Tom" Wolfe Jr. (born March 2, 1931) is an American author and journalist, best known for his association with and influence in stimulating the New Journalism literary movement, in which literary techniques are used extensively. He reduced traditional values of journalistic objectivity.He began his career as a regional newspaper reporter in the 1950s, but achieved national prominence in the 1960s following the publication of such best-selling books as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (a highly experimental account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters), and two collections of articles and essays, Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers and The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. Wikipedia

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Tom Wolfe "seemed astonished by America, and over his long career he expressed that astonishment in sentences that…

NY Times · almost 6 years

'Bonfire of the Vanities' Author Tom Wolfe Dies at 88

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