Hey, Steve! Funny, but I recently read this for the first time. I thought it was a novel when I ordered it. But I enjoyed it thoroughly just the same, especially the Fort Bragg/60 minutes story. Wolfe lays out for all to see the reality of war--some of your best soldiers might not be nice off the battle field-- and the reality of so-called investigative journalism by 60 minutes.
The bit at the end with the magazine, that really illuminates how comfy and incestuous a lot of the big mags were. It's all a club and thoughts of having one's story accepted are just youthful fantasies as you indicate.
I read Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full, and I Am Charlotte Simmons. My favorite is Bonfire. Back when I was still in the Bay Area, I took my copy of I Am
Charlotte Simmons to Wolfe's reading and signing at the Berkely Public Library. He signed it and I gave him a copy of my book, Carl Melcher... Probably a bad move based on the look on his face. Anyway, he graciously signed it.
The bit at the end with the magazine, that really illuminates how comfy and incestuous a lot of the big mags were. It's all a club and thoughts of having one's story accepted are just youthful fantasies as you indicate.
I read Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full, and I Am Charlotte Simmons. My favorite is Bonfire. Back when I was still in the Bay Area, I took my copy of I Am
Charlotte Simmons to Wolfe's reading and signing at the Berkely Public Library. He signed it and I gave him a copy of my book, Carl Melcher... Probably a bad move based on the look on his face. Anyway, he graciously signed it.