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Norman Mailer said a novel by this man didn't have the right stuff: "It is a 742-page work that reads as if it is 1,500" |
Tom Wolfe
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$1,000 |
J |
A LOOK AT BOOKS |
2016-09-29 |
#7369 |
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A beef with his "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" on a Penn. reading list: "sexual content &... there is nothing good about it" |
Tom Wolfe
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$800 |
J |
RECENTLY BANNED OR CHALLENGED BOOKS |
2014-02-19 |
#6778 |
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He had "The Right Stuff" to win for his book about Chuck Yeager, Alan Shepard & others |
Tom Wolfe
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$600 |
J |
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS |
2013-10-29 |
#6697 |
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His "A Man in Full" "contains passages as powerful and as beautiful as anything written... by any American novelist" |
Tom Wolfe
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$1,000 |
J |
THE NEW YORK TIMESBOOK REVIEW |
2006-05-12 |
#5000 |
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The front cover of "Hooking Up" by this "Bonfire of the Vanities" author shows his name but not the book's title |
Tom Wolfe
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$500 |
J |
AT THE BOOKSTORE |
2001-03-26 |
#3821 |
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The 1st American Book Award for General Nonfiction Hardcover went to him for "The Right Stuff" |
Tom Wolfe
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$500 |
J |
BOOKS & AUTHORS |
1996-05-13 |
#2706 |