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Old 05-18-2018, 11:20 AM   #1 (permalink)
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He was an excellent writer but I don't like how he's associated with journalism tbh, he has too much commentary and embellishment. Not that that's bad, it's just not journalistic. I view his books more as fiction influenced by true stories than non-fiction books.
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Old 05-18-2018, 11:28 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 05-18-2018, 10:09 PM   #3 (permalink)
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He was an excellent writer but I don't like how he's associated with journalism tbh, he has too much commentary and embellishment. Not that that's bad, it's just not journalistic. I view his books more as fiction influenced by true stories than non-fiction books.
^ It's true that anyone expecting the discipline of conventional journalism is gonna be pretty surprised by Tom Wolfe's approach. That's partly why he coined the term "New Journalism" for what some people were beginning to write.

Anyone by any chance read TW's "The Kingdom of Speech" or his last novels, "Back to Blood" or "Charlotte Summers" ? Turns out they're about the only books of his I haven't read: I must be more of a fanboy than I thought.
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