Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe jettisons us into the turbulent heart of America's global city – Miami.
As a police launch speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay – with officer Nestor Camacho on board – Tom Wolfe is off and running. Into the feverous landscape of the city, he introduces the Cuban mayor, the black police chief, an ambitious young journalist and his Yale-marinated editor; a psychiatrist who specializes in sex addiction and his Latina nurse by day, mistress by night – until lately, the love of Nestor's life; a refined, and oh-so-light-skinned young woman from Haiti and her Creole-spouting, black-gang-banger-stylin' little brother; a billionaire porn addict, crack dealers in the ‘hoods, ‘de-skilled' conceptual artists at the Miami Art Basel Fair, ‘spectators' at the annual Biscayne Bay regatta looking only for that night's orgy, and a nest of shady Russians.
Based on the same sort of detailed, on-scene, high-energy reporting that powered Tom Wolfe's previous bestselling novels, Bonfire of the Vanities and A Man In Full, Back to Blood is another brilliant, spot-on, scrupulous, and often hilarious reckoning with our times.
About the Author
Tom Wolfe is the author of more than a dozen books, among them The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full, and I Am Charlotte Simmons. A native of Richmond, Virginia, he earned his BA at Washington and Lee University and a PhD in American studies at Yale. He lives in New York City.
Format: Paperback | 720 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.9 x 4.3 | 602g -
Publication Date: 02 Jul 2013
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Vintage Books
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0099578530
ISBN13: 9780099578536
Condition: Very Good
A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. Very minimal wear and tear.