Tom Wolfe obituary: a great dandy, in elaborate dress and neon-lit prose Read moreWith his literary flair and habit of placing himself as a character in his nonfiction writing, Wolfe was regarded as one of the pioneers of New Journalism. They should have gotten a job at a butcher’s shop.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Wolfe, pictured in 1976. He later left for Washington, then New York, arriving there in 1962 to work for The New York Herald Tribune. Taking on what he called “the big challenge” – the novel – Bonfire of the Vanities was published in 1987, to huge commercial success. “He knows everything,” author Kurt Vonnegut once wrote of Wolfe.

Source: The Guardian May 15, 2018 15:08 UTC