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Tom Wolfe - A Man in Full: A Novel

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Tom Wolfe's novel stars a college football star turned millionaire businessman who, in late middle age, finds himself with a troublesome young wife and a mountain of debt. The cast includes Conrad Hensley, who gets in trouble with the law after losing his job; a black ex-athlete accused of raping a white girl; and the lawyer who represents him. This explosive, multihued novel about the tension in late 20th-century Atlanta involves illegal immigrants, prison life, shady real estate deals, trophy wives and the women they have replaced. Wolfe's first novel in 11 years was a finalist for the 1998 National Book Award. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998.
 
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Tom Wolfe Does Dickens With a Drawl

Date of Review:  Mar 11, 2001
The Bottom Line: Tom Wolfe took a bite from the Big Apple, now he sinks his teeth into the Big Peach in a well-written (though unsatisfying) novel of Atlanta society.
Review: One thing?s for sure, Tom Wolfe is no shy, wilting magnolia when it comes to writing fiction that grabs the reader by the eyeballs. In both A Man in Full and his first novel Bonfire of the Vanities, Wolfe?s prose is full-bodied, muscular and...
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  3.0

by: Grouch
Recommended to buy: No

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A welcome return to the BIG novel full...
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Unfortunately, the main character is...
 

Did Wolfe get bored with his own book? (A Man in Full)

Date of Review:  Oct 17, 2000
Review: This book,"A Man in Full", could have been, and in fact, should have been, a great one. After reading the first hundred or so pages, I was sure it would be. It had all of the necessary elements...a powerful, larger than life central character, a...
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by: rich2003dm
Recommended to buy: No

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Great premise, excellent characters
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Weak, unsatisfying ending
 

A Man In Full...A Book in Two-Thirds

Date of Review:  Apr 22, 2000
Review: "A Man in Full," Tom Wolfe's large-scale epic about the downfall of Charlie Croker, a self-absorbed self-made man, is certainly testament to Wolfe's ability to create gripping characters. Croker, as well as nearly every other character in this book,...
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Great characterization
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Weak plot, especially end
 
 
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Authors Tom Wolfe
Fiction Genre Unknown
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Awards 1998 National Book Award

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  Mailer, Norman, New York Review of Books: "Tom Wolfe may be the hardest-working showoff the literary world has ever owned...[H]e is certainly the most gifted best-seller writer since Margaret Mitchell."

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  Format: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group (October 01, 2001)
Measurements: 9"(h) x 6"(w) x 1.25"(d), 1.6 lbs.
ISBN: 9780553381337

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  Charlie Croker, astride his favorite Tennessee walking horse, pulled his shoulders back to make sure he was erect in the saddle and took a deep breath....Ahhhh, that was the ticket....He loved the way his mighty chest rose and fell beneath his khaki shirt and imagined that everyone in the hunting party noticed how powerfully built he was.
 
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