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On the other hand, I went back to reread it 30 years later and found that everyone since has copied Wolfe’s writing style so it's not as compelling.
by labrador 4y ago
On the other hand, I went back to reread it 30 years later and found that everyone since has copied Wolfe’s writing style so it's not as compelling.
- sammalloy 4y agoIt’s a time capsule, for sure. For me, the most compelling thing about the book is the strange dichotomy between the sober author dressed in his three-piece white suit on a bus with young hippies and old beatniks in 1964, trying to write it all down for posterity. That’s compelling when you start to look at the entire book from that POV. It couldn’t have been an easy task.