Back to Blood : A Novel (Paperback)

from herschelian

A curate's egg of a book - in some ways Tom Wolfe doesn't disappoint, I got a clear idea of the demographic tensions within Miami and of the crazy Emperor's New Clothes situation regarding Art Basel Miami. But the book really needed some serious editing and the story-line just fizzled out like a ...

from mrmapcase

Welcome to Florida: crazy population, too many to count. Tom Wolfe puts his spin on crazy Florida life with a very entertaining tale spinning around a Hialeah police officer. While not as frantic as Hiaasen or Dorsey, it is enjoyable, and don't let the page count worry you because the time flies ...

from ShavonJones

Tom Wolfe is such a wonderfully descriptive writer. You feel like you're right there at the scene. He paints a vivid picture. Only problem is I'm not interested in Cuban cops chasing illegal immigrants. So I didn't care much about the characters or the story in Back to Blood. But if that sort of ...

from Brianna_H

Despite Wolfe's annoying tendency to describe sex acts and female body parts in the manner of a lecherous old man, Back to Blood was a real page turner. It was easy to feel invested in the character's stories and I eagerly flipped each page to see what would happen next.

from SigmundFraud

Typically Tom Wolfe. Not much character development but a good analysis of contemporary Miami and the confluence of ethnicity and class. Balzacian in this treatment of life in the twenty first century. Too long. At times I was slogging through it but was worth the effort, barely. Wolfe is a talen...