Journalist and novelist Tom Wolfe has died at 88

[GiRTh]

Tom Wolfe, Pyrotechnic ‘New Journalist’ and Novelist, Dies at 88 (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/obituaries/tom-wolfe-pyrotechnic-nonfiction-writer-and-novelist-dies-at-88.html)


This is another year like 2016.

A lot of people will only remember the terrible film adaptation of Bonfire of the Vanities. RIP to a great writer.

[kirklancaster]

Yes Girth, he was a great writer. RIP Tom.

[Brillopad]

Tom Wolfe, Pyrotechnic ‘New Journalist’ and Novelist, Dies at 88 (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/obituaries/tom-wolfe-pyrotechnic-nonfiction-writer-and-novelist-dies-at-88.html)


This is another year like 2016.

A lot of people will only remember the terrible film adaptation of Bonfire of the Vanities. RIP to a great writer.

It’s always sad to lose a great talent.

[James]

Tom Wolfe, Pyrotechnic ‘New Journalist’ and Novelist, Dies at 88 (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/obituaries/tom-wolfe-pyrotechnic-nonfiction-writer-and-novelist-dies-at-88.html)


This is another year like 2016.

A lot of people will only remember the terrible film adaptation of Bonfire of the Vanities. RIP to a great writer.

I've seen the film of The Right Stuff, which is a really good film about the US space programme, although reading about it there, it says that Tom Wolfe was unhappy about changes made from the book.