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Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. (March 2, 1930 – May 14, 2018) was an American author and journalist widely known for his association with New Journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that incorporated literary techniques.

Wolfe began his career as a regional newspaper reporter in the 1950s, achieving 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. In 1979, he published the influential book The Right Stuff about the Mercury Seven astronauts, which was made into a 1983 film of the same name directed by Philip Kaufman.

His first novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities, published in 1987, was met with critical acclaim and also became a commercial success. It was adapted as a major motion picture of the same name directed by Brian De Palma.

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Forfatteren til internationale romansucceser som "Forfængelighedens bål" og "En stor mand" præsenterer her en samling skarpe, engagerede og brillante essays: fra en tankevækkende beretning om Silicon Valley-industriens rødder i Midtvestens religiøse samfund til en ædende satire over det hæderkronede ugeblad The New Yorkers kulturelle forstening.

Desuden bringes her for første gang i sin helhed kortromanen "Baghold ved Fort Bragg" om et skruppelløst tv-produktionshold fra New York på optagelse i North Carolina, hvor en bande sydstatsrekrutter har banket en homoseksuel soldat til døde.

Man mærker, at Tom Wolfe er i sit rette element, når han med sylespids samfundskritisk pen analyserer moderne tiders sæder og skikke. Tom Wolfe (f. 1931) var en af pionererne inden for den såkaldte new journalism, men han er ikke mindre kendt for sine romaner, hvor han med eminent satire spidder den moralske hulhed bag den amerikanske pengekultur. På dansk er bl.a. udkommet "Kold marv", "På krogen" "En stor mand" og ikke mindst hans største succes, bestsellerromanen "Forfængelighedens bål", der har fået status som en moderne klassiker.
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Publish date24 May 2017
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ISBN epub9788726098976