Man in Full by Tom Wolfe (First Edition)
Big men. Big money. Big games. Big libidos. Big trouble.
A decade ago, The Bonfire of the Vanities defined an era--and established Tom Wolfe as our prime fictional chronicler of America at its most outrageous and alive.
This time the setting is Atlanta, Georgia--a racially mixed late-century boomtown full of fresh wealth, avid speculators, and worldly-wise politicians. The protagonist is Charles Croker, once a college football star, now a late-middle-aged Atlanta real-estate entrepreneur turned conglomerate king, whose expansionist ambitions and outsize ego have at last hit up against reality. Charlie has a 28,000-acre quail-shooting plantation, a young and demanding second wife--and a half-empty office tower with a staggering load of debt. When star running back Fareek Fanon--the pride of one of Atlanta's grimmest slums--is accused of raping an Atlanta blueblood's daughter, the city's delicate racial balance is shattered overnight. Networks of illegal Asian immigrants crisscrossing the continent, daily life behind bars, shady real-estate syndicates, cast-off first wives of the corporate elite, the racially charged politics of college sports--Wolfe shows us the disparate worlds of contemporary America with all the verve, wit, and insight that have made him our most phenomenal, most admired contemporary novelist.
Format: Hardback | 752 pages
Dimensions (cm): 24 x 16 x 4.6 | 1.1kg
Publication Date: 01 Jan 1998
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Jonathan Cape
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0224030361
ISBN13: 9780224030366
Condition: Good
A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket is included and in good condition (scuff marks along the edges, and certain edges have been sticky-taped, which is not very noticeable). The majority of pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. There are small patches of discolouring visible on the book's block when book is shut, but the discolouring does not show on individual pages when book is open. No missing pages.