Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers, (Paperback)

from dbsovereign

Wolfe exposes the underbelly of race relations in a New York Cit filled with satire and biting humor. Many times Wolfe just stands back and lets the silly people hang themselves.

from AnnB2013

I wish Tom Wolfe still wrote essays. I like him better when he's not 700 pages.

from andyray

Wolfe tells it like (as?) it is! I've seen the large black women and muscular men storm a government cubicle and terrorize the well-dressed bureaucrats. Part of the 1960s that doesn't get much light.

from DinadansFriend

Two New York Magazine Pieces on the fermenting 1960's, one about the way in which the Civil Rights bill could be perverted by petty concerns of the black community, the other about the chicest of the parlour Liberals of the time.

from gwendolyndawson

Disorganized and scattered essays. The first is about wealthy New Yorkers who support controversial causes as the stylish thing to do. The second is about the structure of the poverty program and how it encourages violence. I wasn't convinced by either essay, and I didn't enjoy the writing.