Tom Wolfe wrote journalism and fiction about status, ambition and the way institutions create their own languages and social codes. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test follows Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters through the 1960s counterculture using a highly stylised form of New Journalism. The Right Stuff turns to American test pilots and the early astronaut programme, while The Bonfire of the Vanities is a novel about finance, race, media and power in 1980s New York. Wolfe's writing is energetic, detailed and openly performative, often imitating the speech and jargon of the groups he observes. His work fits New Journalism, social satire and American cultural non-fiction. Read more Less
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