{"product_id":"the-kandy-kolored-tangerine-flake-streamline-baby-9780312429126","title":"The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn excellent book by a genius, \u003c\/b\u003esaid Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., of this now classic exploration of the 1960s from the founder of new journalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a book that will be a sharp pleasure to reread years from now, when it will bring back, like a falcon in the sky of memory, a whole world that is currently jetting and jazzing its way somewhere or other.--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby \u003c\/i\u003e(1965) Wolfe introduces us to the sixties, to extravagant new styles of life that had nothing to do with the elite culture of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-373319\"\u003eTom Wolfe\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312429126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312429126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC022000\"\u003ePopular Culture\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC041000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e (1930-2018) was one of the founders of the New Journalism movement and the author of such contemporary classics as \u003ci\u003eThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Right Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRadical Chic \u0026amp; Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Bonfire of the Vanities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Man in Full\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI Am Charlotte Simmons\u003c\/i\u003e. As a reporter, he wrote articles for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and is credited with coining the term, \"The Me Decade.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong his many honors, Tom was awarded the National Book Award, the John Dos Passos Award, the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence, the National Humanities Medal, and the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA native of Richmond, Virginia, he earned his B.A. at Washington and Lee University, graduating cum laude, and a Ph.D. in American studies at Yale. He lived in New York City.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699073126637,"sku":"9780312429126","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2530ab76-5e47-43ba-a693-b9aedd9c2464.jpg?v=1649910949","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-kandy-kolored-tangerine-flake-streamline-baby-9780312429126","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}