I like reading Tom Wolfe's books, and what's not to like? He can write with a laser-like accuracy that's as enjoyable as it's at times disturbing, which leads some to rate him as a latter-day American Dickens or Dostoyevsky.
I'm sure Wolfe would modestly dispute such claims and with that in mind, I once asked a woman of the South if she liked the famous author.
"Mr. Wolfe," she exclaimed, "is a Southern Fop."
She may well have had a point. Here's Tom Wolfe on Hunter Thompson, who he thinks may have been the "great comic writer of the 20th century."
From Bauhaus to Our House,
LSP
Most good writers and good artists are eccentric. Wolfe is clearly a fop but where does it say that a fop can't write well?
ReplyDeleteVery good point.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Larry.
ReplyDeleteI'd argue that Tom Wolfe is a great writer, although I find that his novels don't end as well they promise to do. But maybe that's just me.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a big fan of Wolfe. I don't think it has anything to do with his wardrobe, but I can't help but think that he'd write better if he wore camo, owned a blue dog and went hunting now and again.
ReplyDeleteI agree, but then again I'm biased...
ReplyDeleteOff on a "bobcat hunt" this evening. Looking forward to that.
When I come down your way for the big DLC dinner, we must plan a varmint hunt. Set me aside something to shoot since the airlines raise holy hell.
ReplyDeleteFor sure.
ReplyDeletePretty sure the DLC dinner invites for Jenny & I just got misplaced in the mail, right Padre. Oh, and I'll need to borrow a boomstick, too. Brig
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