Title: Awful. And he misspelled "Freaknik".
Product review: That's the only word for it. I spent most of my life in Atlanta, and I have no clue what city Wolfe's writing about, because it sure isn't Atlanta. I've never even met anyone who'd been to a debutante ball or whatever that is. Wolfe oversimplifies Atlanta, turning it into some "Gone With The Wind" ripoff.All I can say is - I've never seen anything like the Atlanta he describes. And I lived there.Tom Wolfe's writing is clever for about the first 10 pages. Afterwards, it's like driving nails into your forehead.And one last detail - anyone, and I mean anyone, who's lived in Atlanta will know what Freaknik is, and how much contraversy surrounds it. But on page 1, Wolfe misspells it. For somebody who's so concerned with accuracy and local color, he sure is sloppy.This isn't satire - this is torture.
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