Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers
by Tom Wolfe
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Author: Tom WolfeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-07-21
ISBN: 0312429134
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Picador
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Book Review: Brilliant and Funny
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is brilliant as well as laugh out loud funny. I know of no other place where you can find as much insight into limousine liberals, 1960s radicalism, celebrities, identity politics, and the failure of the social welfare system in only 130 pages. This is only my second Tom Wolfe novel, but I can already see why he is considered one of today's best writers. He understands people and American culture better than anyone else. This book is really two separate but compatible essays. The first is a satire that skewers rich, white liberals and their fascination with a violent criminal gang, specifically the Black Panthers. The second part pokes fun at the social welfare system--its ineffectiveness and exploitation by self-appointed "community organizers." Who knew a community organizer could rise so high. This is one of the smartest and funniest things ever written on the subject. Highly recommended.
Summary of Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers
Classic Wolfe, a funny, irreverent, and "delicious" (The Wall Street Journal) dissection of class and status by the master of New Journalism.
"On the night of January 4, 1970, Maestro and Mrs. Leonard Bernstein threw a bash in their thirteen-room park Avenue pad to raise money for the Black Panthers Defense Fund. New York society will probably never play Lady Bountiful in quite the same way again, because among the Beautiful People present was Tom Wolfe, pop sociologist and parajournalist supreme."--Book World
"On the night of January 4, 1970, Maestro and Mrs. Leonard Bernstein threw a bash in their thirteen-room park Avenue pad to raise money for the Black Panthers Defense Fund. New York society will probably never play Lady Bountiful in quite the same way again, because among the Beautiful People present was Tom Wolfe, pop sociologist and parajournalist supreme."--Book World
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