Title: The Dark Side of Wolfe
Product review: Tom Wolfe had always been on a pedastal for me--I read in awe of his way of writing. "A Man In Full," however, really changed that. Wolfe still has a magic with words and can be a quality writer, but...it is darker than anything else I've read by him, especially "Bonfire of the Vanities." It also took a long time to get interested in the story. So, as a warning to others, there are graphic Wolfe-isms of horses mating with a little help from their handlers, and jailhouse sex, body fluids, and violence. For me, the story itself could not withstand that, so I stopped reading about 2/3 through--it just wasn't that good.
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