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Title: On the skin, not under it.
Review: Wolfe was unquestionably the most entertaining pop culture chronicler of the 60's and 70's. He and Hunter Thompson burrowed under the skin of all manner of Californians and other New Americans and put us under there too. Wolfe led the way on a wild, joyous, outrageous trip. Most of Hooking UP, except for the title essay and the Noyce piece, is very superficial. As an admirer of Wolfe, I was uncomfortable for him as I read his savaging of Susan Sontag. Her main sin seems to have been getting more 90's ink than Wolfe. His three line dismissal of Noam Chomsky was also embarassing. Reread Kandy and Pump House instead.
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