Title: About as timely as Big Hair and Parachute Pants
Product review: Tom Wolfe's new novel is travesty in a time warp. A novel started 10 years ago should have been finished in two years -- all his premises are now cliched -- who cares!! The average American up on public issues could have written the same plot. Not to mention all the help he credits. 10 years for that! Just typical of a bunch of guys sitting around talking about how great it's going to be. Wolfe attempts to create timeless Shakespearean character(s) but ends with characters and a plot as timely as big hair and parachute pants. John Updike's review, "...a book that defies you not to buy it," is the politically correct review that Tom Wolfe deserves in recognition of his earlier achievements. It's nice to see that there are gentlemen among novelists, I, however, cannot be so kind.
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