I Am Charlotte Simmons – Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe has done it again. His third novel is fantastic. Perhaps not quite on par with The Bonfire of the Vanities, or A Man in Full, but as those are two of my favorite novels of the modern era, I’ll cut him some slack. And really, I Am Charlotte Simmons is probably a 9.5 out of 10. It’s a dead-on, absolutely accurate portrayal of the modern-day college lifestyle, and ought to be required reading for every incoming college freshman from now on.
Wolfe must have gone undercover and attended a few dozen fraternity parties, because his descriptions of said soirees are frighteningly spot on. He has the modern-day collegiate attitude and vernacular down pat.
Like Wolfe’s previous two novels, there are several interweaving story-lines and myriad characters, and I won’t even try to summarize the book. Suffice to say that I am duly impressed, and hope Wolfe has at least a fourth novel in him, if not a dozen more.
OUCH. lol
If based on your “predictions” and the outcomes for the games are wrong, you owe me a dime. . .no, not ten cents, a grand, 1000 buckaroos and so on. . .Haha, ok so maybe talking about owing me non existent money might not exactly bring a smile to your face, but hey i tried . . .::shrugs::
Sure the hack directors say it… but it has some truth behind it.