Hooking Up - Rilegato

Wolfe, Tom

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0224061194 ISBN 13: 9780224061193

Casa editrice: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2000

Riassunto

By the year 2000 the term "working class" had fallen into disuse in the United States, and "proletariat" was so obsolete it was known only to a few bitter Marxist academics with wire hair sprouting out of their ears. The average electrician, air-conditioning mechanic or burglar-alarm repairman lived a life that would have made the Sun King blink..."So begins 'Hooking Up', the first of the brilliant pieces in Tom Wolfe's new collection. Wolfe ranges from coast to coast chronicling everything from the sexual mores of teenagers to fundamental changes in the way human beings now regard themselves, thanks to the hot new fields of genetics and neuroscience. Hooking Up also includes Ambush at Fort Bragg, Wolfe's novella about 'sting TV', and 'U.R. Here', a story about a New York artist who triumphs precisely because of his total lack of talent. Funny, often savagely so, hard-hitting, wise, Wolfe remains a unique chronicler of America, and its future in a new age.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0224061194
• ISBN 13: 9780224061193
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 304