Commentary: Tom Wolfe found his theme in California
by Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times
May 18, 2018
3 minutes
Although he was a Depression-era son of the South, Tom Wolfe was a consummate New Yorker. He lived there his entire adult life, and could often be seen walking on the Upper East Side in ice cream suits, an occasional gilt-tipped walking cane glinting in the sun. He was the city's most recognizable flaneur.
Wolfe, who died this week at 88, was an atypical New Yorker in one important respect: He loved California. Or rather, he was enamored of the energies to be
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