Title: Disappointing - a testament to powerful book PR machines!
Product review: Wolfe attempted to write the novel capturing the mood of the 90's, but perhaps his own lack of writing depth best exemplified the shallowness of this past decade. Wolfe's strength is his power of observation and conveying this in words. The book is strongest in these short moments: dinner at the Plantation, Conrad in jail, etc. However, the rest of the book never gets rolling and never engages the reader. Crocker's dilemma is hardly a situation on which to rest a 700-page novel. And if the book was less a comment on today's society, but a vignette to demonstrate the principles of Stoicism, it failed as well. The salty air of the Hamptons and heat of the Georgia summer must have gotten to Tom. Having enjoyed Wolfe's work in the past, I only hope this is not his last.
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