To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for thomas wolfe in florida fl. Author tom wolfe visits and talks about miami miami. The following seven books are about the city you call casa, about the best and worst place, the fantastico and the loco. This is a book that will do for miami what wolfes megahit the bonfire of the. Tom wolfe s new book the kingdom of speech has started a row that promises to be the literary spat of the season published.
Was it only to point, gawk and laugh at the locals. I have been a primary investigator or copi on almost 20 grants. Wolfe university center campus services student affairs florida. Wolfe occasionally raises hackles, and he always provokes a response. For the csis in miami dade county, there are cases that hit to close to home in a lot of ways. Based on the same sort of detailed, onscene, highenergy reporting that powered tom wolfes previous bestselling novels, back to blood is another brilliant, spoton, scrupulous, and often hilarious reckoning with our times. Back to blood is tom wolfes fourth and final novel, published by little, brown. In wolfes career of great books, his last novel, published in 2004, was considered by many to be a stumblebut back to blood is a return to form, a work that solidifies wolfes stature as one of the best. But what those two books did for, respectively, new york and atlanta, back to blood does for miami. In a selection from the authors new novel, back to blood, art basel miami beach casts its spell see it. Back to blood by tom wolfe tom wolfe s new novel is a sprawling portrait of miami and its many ethnic groups, centering around. Tom wolfe s miami teems with manly cubans, porn addicts.
It was december, which in miami beach had only the most boring meteorological significance. Tom wolfes highwire act of language has provided a sort of cultural funhouse mirror ever since he started publishing in the mid1960s, first as a journalist and later as the acclaimed author of novels the bonfire of the vanities and a man in full. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. Tom wolfes new novel is built around the gaudy clash of miamis.
In back to blood, tom wolfe takes us to miami, to what the book jacket suggests is the american city of the future, a town built on the dreams of immigrants and newcomers who believe with. March 2, 1930 may 14, 2018 was an american author and. Tom wolfe is the author of more than a dozen books, among them the electric koolaid acid test, the right stuff, the bonfire of the vanities, a man in full, i am charlotte simmons, and back to blood. He was known for his verbal pyrotechnics in books like the right stuff, not to mention his sartorial flair. His notable books included the electric koolaid acid test, the right stuff, and. Welcome to fius wolfe university center, the social and geographic center of the beautiful. Bookstores are your source for course materials, textbooks, and supplies.
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Tom wolfe muses on back to blood, his dissection of. Toms novel back to blood and my documentary film tom wolfe gets back to blood were born from very similar material. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He sat for an interview with the herald about his book back to blood and his view of miami. Miami is the only city i can find in the whole world where people from another country, speaking another language and from another culture have taken over a vast city at the ballot box in one. Tom wolfe s back to blood looks at miami s ethnic diversity. On this particular case, a case hits close to ryan wolfe because of what he does in his spare time.
Quotations by tom wolfe, american journalist, born march 2, 1931. As a police launch speeds across miamis biscayne bay with officer nestor. Once tom wolfes sharp eye and acid tongue dissected american life. The game is completed and the trophies distributed long before the public knows what has happened. Tom wolfe on his new book, back to blood telegraph. A novel and millions of other books are available for instant. Thomas wolfe in florida fl 55 records found whitepages. For five years tom wolfe was a frequent visitor to miami while he worked on his novel back to blood. Tom wolfes new novel is a sprawling portrait of miami and its many ethnic groups, centering around a cubanamerican police officer and an. Wolfe is a national book award winner, a bestseller and a mixed bag. Tom wolfe visited south florida for years while working on. Use the central reservations system to book a space or room. Wolfe is probably the only writer in america who is proud to call his novels highly journalistic. The novel, set in miami, florida, focuses on the subject of cuban immigrants.
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