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A collection of non-fiction essays about the counter-culture of the 1960s that dives deep into the issues that marked the era female empowerment, increasing freedom around sexuality, vibrant subcultures, and the rise of psychedelic drugs.Â
In this sprawling work, Wolfe profiles Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and compares him to Jay Gatsby, interviews one of the first women to get breast implants, and hangs out with freewheeling surfers (aka The Pump House Gang).Â
Tom Wolfe's second collection of essays continues his fieldwork among the thriving anti-establishment subcultures of the 1960s - from La Jolla to London.Â
PDF The Pump House Gang Audible Audio Edition Tom Wolfe Edoardo Ballerini Audible Studios Books
"Great collection. It is worth having just for the article on McLuhan."
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The Pump House Gang Audible Audio Edition Tom Wolfe Edoardo Ballerini Audible Studios Books Reviews
- Noted author Wolfe wrote this series of short stories in the mid 60s which describe a changing America, leaving the European framework of class structure and elegance for something different. Something that would evolve in our country even to today where people cared less about systems of status. It was a fascinating period which Wolfe identified and captured earlier that most social observers.
But, the stories are widely diverse from a group of surfers in La Jolla who have no desire to hold normal jobs, to Hugh Hefner's "nose thumbing" to sexual society, to new work habits of young adults living in London. And this is some of the problems with the book. You may like some stories but they are so diverse, you may loathe others. I find myself revisiting Wolfe's books as they provide expert commentary of the past 40 years. This one I found to be uneven but still enjoyable. - Having grown up in La Jolla the pump house gang story was interesting
......I knew some of those people but the other stories in the book about
degenerates? The history of American degeneracy? Who needs that? - Always liked his "collections" books...damn fine political satire reading.
- Great collection. It is worth having just for the article on McLuhan.
- Great book, one of the characters in the book Nelander is a personal friend of ours. He is the one who told us about the book.
- If you grew up in the sixties like I did then this is a must read. Nobody writes like Tom Wolfe and you will instintilly feel part of what is going on. Read other Tom Wolfe books and you will be laughing your ass-off at every turn of the page.
- I love all of his books, but Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full and Back To Blood are the best ones
- Great for a gift
