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The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby

The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby

ArtEssays
Pages
368
Published
1968
Language
English

Synopsis

In his debut collection, Tom Wolfe offers a keen observation of early 1960s American culture, focusing on the unique forms of status-seeking that emerged across the country. He explores new art forms and lifestyles, from the world of the Twist and stock car racing to the flamboyant customized cars of California teenagers. Wolfe also examines the old guard's attempts to maintain their status against these rising cultural shifts, providing a humorous and incisive look at a changing America.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

InformativeSatiricalIntellectualThought-Provoking

Genres

Art Essays Sociology

About the author

T
Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. He was educated at Washington and Lee (B.A., 1951) and Yale (Ph.D., American Studies, 1957) universities. In December 1956, he took a job as a reporter on the Springfield (Massachusetts) Union. This was the beginning of a ten-year newspaper career, most of it spent as a general assignment reporter. For six months in 1960 he served as The Washington Post's Latin American correspondent and won the Washington Newspaper Guild's foreign news prize...