Wolfe, Tom

Mauve gloves & madmen, clutter & vine, and other stories, sketches, and essays / Mauve gloves and madmen, clutter and vine, and other stories, sketches, and essays illustrated by the author [Tom Wolfe]. - 214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Stories and sketches. Mauve gloves & madmen, clutter & vine ; The man who always peaked too soon ; The truest sport ; The commercial -- The spirit of the age (and what it longs for). The intelligent coed's guide to America ; The Me Decade and the third great awakening -- Sex and violence. The perfect crime ; Pornoviolence ; The boiler room and the computer -- Manners, decor, and decorum. Funky chic ; Honks and wonks ; The street fighters.

Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine is a 1976 book by Tom Wolfe, consisting of eleven essays and one short story that Wolfe wrote between 1967 and 1976. It includes the essay in which he coined the term "Me Decade" to refer to the 1970s. In addition to the stories, Wolfe also illustrated the book.

0374204241 9780374204242 0374520925 9780374520922

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013988325 Uk


1900-1999


Nineteen seventies.
Short stories, American--20th century.
Nineteen seventies
Manners and customs


United States--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
United States


Essay
short stories.
essays.
Essays
Fiction
Short stories
Short stories.
Short stories.
Essays.
Nouvelles.
Essais.

PS3573.O526 / M3