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The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
Tom Wolfe
First book
Bantam
October 1999
358 pages ISBN: 0553380583 Trade Size (reprint)
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Contemporary | Fiction
In this book, his first, Tom Wolfe took a fresh look at the
American scene of the early 1960s and zeroed in on the more
exotic forms of status-seeking then in vogue from New York
to Los Angeles. In the Twist, bouffant hairdos, stock-car racing and rock
concerts Wolfe found a unique American energy. In the title
piece he eulogizes the flamboyant kustomized kars California
teens constructed with artistic dedication. "New forces excited the old guard, and Wolfe takes special
pleasure in stories of these encounters. Whether in fashion,
nightlife, child rearing or art worship, the old guard
fought to preserve its status." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)
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