TY - BOOK AU - Wolfe, Tom TI - Mauve gloves & madmen, clutter & vine, and other stories, sketches, and essays SN - 0374204241 AV - PS3573.O526 M3 PY - 1977/// CY - New York PB - Farrar, Straus and Giroux KW - Short stories, American KW - 20th century KW - Manners and customs KW - fast KW - United States KW - Social life and customs KW - Fiction KW - Short stories KW - lcgft N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -