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The setting is Atlanta, Georgia — a racially mixed, late-century boomtown full of fresh wealth and wily politicians. The protagonist is Charles Croker, once a college football star, now a late-middle-aged Atlanta conglomerate king whose outsize ego has at last hit up against reality. Charlie has a 29,000 acre quail-shooting plantation, a young and demanding second wife, and a half-empty office complex with a staggering load of debt.

Meanwhile, Conrad Hensley, idealistic young father of two, is laid off from his job at the Croker Global Foods warehouse near Oakland and finds himself spiraling into the lower depths of the American legal system.

And back in Atlanta, when star Georgia Tech running back Fareek “the Canon” Fanon, a homegrown product of the city’s slums, is accused of date-raping the daughter of a pillar of the white establishment, upscale black lawyer Roger White II is asked to represent Fanon and help keep the city’s delicate racial balance from blowing sky-high.

Networks of illegal Asian immigrants crisscrossing the continent, daily life behind bars, shady real estate syndicates — Wolfe shows us contemporary America with all the verve, wit, and insight that have made him our most admired novelist. Charlie Croker’s deliverance from his tribulations provides an unforgettable denouement to the most widely awaited, hilarious and telling novel America has seen in ages — Tom Wolfe’s most outstanding achievement to date.

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“A masterpiece.”—The Wall Street Journal

“Superior . . . utterly engrossing.”—USA Today

“The novel contains passages as powerful and as beautiful as anything written — not merely by contemporary American novelists but by any American novelist. . . . The book is as funny as anything Wolfe has ever written; at the same time it is also deeply, strangely affecting.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Wolfe is a peerless observer, a fearless satirist, a genius in full.”—People

Also by Tom Wolfe:

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is Atlanta, Georgia a racially mixed, late-century boomtown full of fresh wealth and wily politicians. The protagonist is Charles Croker, once a college football star, now a late-middle-aged Atlanta conglomerate king whose outsize ego has at last hit up against reality. Charlie has a 29,000 acre quail-shooting plantation, a young and demanding second wife, and a half-empty office complex with a staggering load of debt.

Meanwhile, Conrad Hensley, idealistic young father of two, is laid off from his job at the Croker Global Foods warehouse near Oakland and finds himself spiraling into the lower depths of the American legal system.

And back in Atlanta, when star Georgia Tech running back Fareek the Canon Fanon, a homegrown product of the citys slums, is accused of date-raping the daughter of a pillar of the white establishment, upscale black lawyer Roger White II is asked to represent Fanon and help keep the citys delicate racial balance from

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Paperback: 704 pages
Publisher: Dial Press; Reprint edition (October 31, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780553381337
ISBN-13: 978-0553381337
ASIN: 0553381334
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1.2 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 722 customer reviews
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- #257 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Legal
- #287 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Humor > Lawyers & Criminals
- #341 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Urban Life

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Anna1953

A really fun book!

December 29, 2016

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I got this book for $1 at a Church Bazaar sale. Since I'd enjoyed Bonfire of the Vanities, I thought I'd give this a try. I postponed reading it because of its massive size. But when I finally dug in, it was hard to put the book down. This book was a LOT of fun to read! One of the two main characters was writ LARGE, because that fit his LARGE lifestyle. The other main character was subtle and intriguing, because that was HIS way of being.

The way these two characters came to be together, and the result of that relationship is absolutely hilarious (if not altogether believable). I finish the book being very glad I'd invested the time to read it.

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Epictetus and Seein’em jump.

July 4, 2016

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It’s been sometime between my last Tom Wolfe experience (hint-generally an “on the bus” person). This book makes me wonder if I’ve been “off the bus” far too long.
Great summer read with memorable characters, adequate mysticism, interpersonal (and personal) conflicts set within the social and political flavor of the “modern” South, in a tale that only Tom Wolfe can fashion to make interesting for 700+ pages.

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Epictetus in Prison

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A man converted to stoicism while in prison in Alameda County escapes during an earthquake which flattens the prison and proceeds to travel to Atlanta on the lam, where he in turn converts a bankrupt legendary real estate developer to stoicism as well. Said real estate developer is on the sidelines of a race riot in Atlanta (during the mayoral campaign) caused by a date rape accusation lodged against Georgia Tech's black All-American running back by the daughter of another legendary real estate developer. Stoicism in prison and in the boardroom, the timeless wisdom of Epictetus for all of us dispossessed slaves. Tom Wolfe does it again: I just wish he could have worked some Marcus Aurelius in.

Recommended to anyone interested in philosophy, business, prison, or race. I don't know how Tom Wolfe gets this stuff by the censors.

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A Book in Full

February 28, 2018

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Truthfully this is not my typical read. The detail is overwhelming at times and occasionally got bored.
But the sheer beauty of the characters overwhelmed all the reasons why I shouldn’t like it.
It compares favorably with “Catcher in the Rye” as a period piece that captures the mood of the time.
Bravo!

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Guy Montag

I loved Bonfire of the Vanities

August 27, 2018

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Tom Wolfe knew how to write!

I loved Bonfire of the Vanities. A Man In Full has a similar style and starts with similar themes but with emphasis on proud men (some decent, some not) straining against life’s limitations.

I wrote “starts” because I had to put this down. Charlie “Cap’m” Croker is almost as despicable and entitled as a certain real life real estate developer we all know. And getting inside of his head and that of poor Conrad was too depressing.

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The characters in the book were interesting and kept me ...

August 13, 2017

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The characters in the book were interesting and kept me interested in what would happen to them and why. Although a work of fiction nearly everything seemed possible and provided background information and insight into their development and connection. The book left me wanting to read a follow-up book involving the same characters.

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I don't read 750 page novels, but couldn't put this one down

December 5, 1998

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There is no doubt that Tom Wolfe is one of the greatest writers on the American scene. This book contains fabulous characters and satire that bites so hard it leaves scars. Many parts of the book are uproariously funny. This novel is a superb vehicle for Wolfe to display his geniuse as a social commentator. A true iconoclast with x-ray vision, style and wit. It was laughable to read those critics who sneered that this book is not "great literature" and that "it won't be studied in literature classes". As one who has suffered through trash like "Slaughterhouse Five" in English courses, I would welcome a serious study Tom Wolfe's magnificent style and form. I think Wolfe has a great deal to teach any student of letters and even of rhetoric. I give the book four out of five stars for two reasons. First, I found the avalanche of bad language in the book very offensive. I don't speak that way, nor does my family, nor do my friends. Granted, it is the duty of the artist to hold a mirror up to the world to capture its reflection. And Wolfe's mirror is squeaky clean wihen it comes to showing us regretable traits of the age, especially the widespread use of swearing and obscenities. Howver, I still don't like reading it and wonder if the bad language was really necessary. Second, the ending is disappointing. There is something unconvincing and unsatisfactory about Croker's final "conversion.". That being said, I confess that if this roller-coaster of a novel would have gone on at the same clip for another 750 pages, I would have joyfully ridden it right to the end.

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