A Man in Full (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Tom Wolfe
- First Published: 1998
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: Atlanta, Georgia; Oakland, California
- Principal Characters: Charlie Croker, Serena Croker, Martha Croker, Raymond Peepgas, Inman Armholster, Elizabeth Armholster, Roger White II, Wes Jordan, Andre Fleet, Fareek Fanon, Conrad Hensley
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Class conflict, Race, South or Southerners, Class consciousness, Ethnic relations, Economic conditions, Wealth, Football
- Locales: Atlanta, GA, Oakland, CA
In 1988, Tom Wolfe’s sprawling novel The Bonfire of the Vanities examined in unrelenting and often scathing detail the varied worlds of New York City, ranging from the conspicuous consumption of all sorts in the city’s glittering penthouses to the burned-out, blasted landscapes of the decaying Bronx. It was a work worthy of Honoré de Balzac, the definitive portrait of a greedy decade in the nation’s trading center.
With A Man in Full, Wolfe returns to fiction. Again, his sweep is broad and inclusive, and his cast of characters ranges from the elite to the...
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