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Encyclopedia > A Man in Full
A Man in Full
Author Tom Wolfe
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Fiction
Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date November 12, 1998
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 742 pages
ISBN ISBN 0-374-27032-5

A Man in Full is a novel by Tom Wolfe, published in 1998 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. This 742-page satire portrays a high-flying real-estate mogul amid the intricate social dynamics of Atlanta, the vibrant capital of the New South. Image File history File links Tommywolfie. ... For the early 20th century American novelist, see Thomas Wolfe. ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For other uses, see Fiction (disambiguation). ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Farrar, Straus and Giroux is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus, Jr. ... A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) book is bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth or heavy paper) and a stitched spine. ... “ISBN” redirects here. ... This article is about the literary concept. ... For the early 20th century American novelist, see Thomas Wolfe. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Farrar, Straus and Giroux is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus, Jr. ... 1867 edition of the satirical magazine Punch, a British satirical magazine, ground-breaking on popular literature satire. ... Mogul may mean: a bump in the snow in alpine skiing, a Mongolian the Mughal empire, or any member of its ruling dynasty by extension, any ruler or powerful person, such as a industrial mogul or media mogul a railroad steam locomotive type called the Mogul the largest size light... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... New South is a term that has been used intermittently since the American Civil War to describe the American South, in whole or in part. ...

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Literary significance and criticism

Most of the mainstream American newspapers and news magazines gave the book positive reviews. However, a second wave of reviews in more highbrow literary outlets were more critical. Much of this more pointed criticism came from a cadre of established American novelists, including John Updike, Norman Mailer and John Irving. Wolfe countered this criticism in his book Hooking Up, calling the three authors his "three stooges" who were actually shaken by the support he received. The novelists, he claimed, were threatened by the success of his technique - writing a novel based on reporting techniques - and were failing to engage the world around them. John Hoyer Updike (born March 18, 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania) is an American writer. ... Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter and film director. ... John Winslow Irving (born March 2, 1942 as John Wallace Blunt, Jr. ...


Allusions and references to actual history, geography and current science

The book alludes to and caricatures some prominent members of Atlanta society, including the former mayor Bill Campbell, under the name Wes Jordan, and renowned developer John Portman, via the character Charlie Croker. Released eleven years after Wolfe's bestselling novel The Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full was widely anticipated; Wolfe was known to be working on the research for this follow-up effort for several years. Allusion is a figure of speech, in which one refers covertly or indirectly to an object or circumstance that has occurred or existed in an external content. ... Bill Campbell (born 1953 in Raleigh, North Carolina), served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 1994 to 2002. ... John C. Portman, Jr. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


Book on tape

The book on tape, in both the abridged and unabridged version, is read by American actor David Ogden Stiers. Cassette recording of Patrick OBrians The Mauritius Command An audio book is a recording of the contents of a book read aloud. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... ...


See also

v • d • e
Works by Tom Wolfe
Novels: The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) • A Man in Full (1998) • I Am Charlotte Simmons (2004)
Non-fiction: Hooking Up • Stalking the Billion-Footed Beast • The Purple Decades • From Bauhaus to Our House • In Our Time • The Right Stuff • Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine • The Painted Word • The New Journalism • Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers • The Pump House Gang • The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test • The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
Film adaptations: The Right Stuff (1983) • The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

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