Tom Wolfe, Whose Journalism Struck Literary Note, Dies at 88
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-15/tom-wolfe-whose-journalism-struck-literary-note-dies-at-88 [www.bloomberg.com]
2018-05-15 16:50
His first magazine article, for Esquire in 1963 on the custom-car subculture, was called, “There Goes (Varoom! Varoom!) That Kandy-Kolored (Thphhhhhh!) Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (Rahghhh!) Around the Bend (Brummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm) ......” It and other essays were collected in a 1965 book that Kurt Vonnegut reviewed for the New York Times: “Verdict: Excellent book by a genius who will do anything to get attention.”