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It'd been quite a while since I've read about the Masters of the Universe a la Bonfire of the Vanities, and I can see Wolfe revived them for the early 2000s in this overly drawn-out, stereotypical essay about college life at a small American college. Not every character is a typical entitled white dude, but nearly. And OMG, like, enough already. Not worth the time. I was hoping for something new from Mr. Wolfe, but yuck, it's the same ol' story about what embarrasses me about our self-absorbed c
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I heard Kathryn point at this book at the library book sale and say, "Worst. Book. Ever." I don't really know why she hated it--- I always love Tom Wolfe's way of entering a new world and really using the right dialogue for the subject group-- I could picture him at some party in college just silently memorizing everything. Plus I learned a million new words.
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