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Also by Tom Wolfe:

Back To Blood, November 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
I Am Charlotte Simmons, August 2005
Paperback
The Right Stuff, November 2001
Paperback (reprint)
A Man in Full, November 2001
Trade Size (reprint)
The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, October 1999
Trade Size (reprint)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, October 1999
Trade Size (reprint)
Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers, October 1999
Trade Size (reprint)
The Bonfire of the Vanities, December 1988
Paperback (reprint)

THE KANDY-KOLORED TANGERINE-FLAKE STREAMLINE BABY
By: 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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CBS Sunday Morning - January 15, 2006