A Man In Full review: David E. Kelley tackles Tom Wolfe
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Gonzo journalist-turned-literary titan Tom Wolfe’s second novel, 1998's A Man In Full, is similar to his barnburner of a debut, 1987's The Bonfire Of The Vanities. They’re both sprawling social satires about the powerful and the not-so-powerful and the cities they inhabit, namely Atlanta and New York City, respectively. The Bonfire Of The Vanities was a bestseller adapted by director Brian DePalma into a box office flop in 1990 starring a miscast Tom Hanks as a swaggering Wall Street “Master...

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