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Tom Wolfe RIP

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
edited May 2018 in General Charlton
Writer of the Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers and lots of other great journalism as well as The Right Stuff and Bonfire of the Vanities has died aged 88

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  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Good writer. Enjoyed what I read of his stuff.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    RIP. What a character!
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,170
    RIP. Great writer.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    In the writing world he was one of the masters of the universe. RIP.
  • WestCountryAddick
    WestCountryAddick Posts: 2,545
    I read the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test when I was a teenager. Such an experience. RIP.
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    edited May 2018
    Read Bonfire of the Vanities, and saw the film with Melanie Griffith, what happened to her, can’t remember who the male lead was? Enjoyed both.

    Should I try any of his others, recommendations?

    RIP
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    Radical chic, a term he invented is good.

    The Purple Decades is a good compilation
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    Henry Irving said:

    Radical chic, a term he invented is good.

    The Purple Decades is a good compilation

    Thanks Henry.
  • Missed It
    Missed It Posts: 2,734
    Sad to hear this, top writer. The Right Stuff is one of my all time favourite books.
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  • simonmatthews
    simonmatthews Posts: 698
    Henry Irving said:

    Writer of the Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers and lots of other great journalism as well as The Right Stuff and Bonfire of the Vanities has died aged 88

    Agree. One of the best.
  • ashley
    ashley Posts: 531
    Have often considered some of the Tribal Traders and their wives that I have met at parties in Chislehurst , Bickley and Farnborough Park to be the U.K. equivalent of the " Masters of the Universe " and the " Social X rays" that he was referring to . What an insightful and intelligent man . RIP
  • uie2
    uie2 Posts: 4,596
    RIP

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