Description for A Man in Full
hardcover. Charles Croker, Atlanta real-estate entrepreneur, is having to face the reality of massive debt. Conrad Hensly, idealistic father of two, is fired from his job in the Croker Global Foods warehouse in Oakland. Back in Atlanta, Fareek "The Cannon" Fannon, star running-back, is accused of date rape. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167. Weight in Grams: 1030. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
Ten years ago, The Bonfire of the Vanities defined an era - and established Tom Wolfe as the prime fictional chronicler of America at its most outrageous and alive. Now the master is back with a coast-to-coast portrait of America on the cusp of the millennium. Bold, caustic and hilarious, The Stoics' Game spares no one as Wolfe dissects the insatiable greed, vanity and hunger for bearings that characterise today's USA. The setting is Atlanta, Georgia - a racially mixed, late-century boom-town full of fresh wealth, avid speculators and worldly-wise politicians. The protagonist is Charles Croker, once a fabled college ... Read more
Ten years ago, The Bonfire of the Vanities defined an era - and established Tom Wolfe as the prime fictional chronicler of America at its most outrageous and alive. Now the master is back with a coast-to-coast portrait of America on the cusp of the millennium. Bold, caustic and hilarious, The Stoics' Game spares no one as Wolfe dissects the insatiable greed, vanity and hunger for bearings that characterise today's USA. The setting is Atlanta, Georgia - a racially mixed, late-century boom-town full of fresh wealth, avid speculators and worldly-wise politicians. The protagonist is Charles Croker, once a fabled college ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
752
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224030366
SKU
KMK0022617
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
Reviews for A Man in Full