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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Mar 11, 2001
Pros: A welcome return to the BIG novel full of outrageous characters and social satire
Cons: Unfortunately, the main character is unlikable; and then Wolfe cops out on the ending
Summary: One thing’s for sure, Tom Wolfe is no shy, wilting magnolia when it comes to writing fiction that grabs the reader by the eyeballs. In both A Man in Full and his first novel Bonfire of the Vanities, Wolfe’s prose is full-bodied, muscular ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 24, 2001
Pros: Excellent, believable characters. Intro to a unique sliver of society.
Cons: Like everyone says: the ending is a little too neat.
Summary: My first encounter with Tom Wolfe was The Right Stuff. I don't remember whether I saw the movie first or not. I do remember not buying the book for a long time because the cover was so dull. When I finally did I was amazed.
Many others ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 24, 2001
Pros: Not a bad men's sensitivity session.
Cons: By the end, Tom Wolfe was running on empty.
Summary: I'm a slow reader. So when I get a slow read I'm happy. Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full was a nice slow read until the end when it became lazy and implausible. I would have thought an author of palpable intelligence would be ashamed of such an obvious lapse. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 18, 2001
Pros: Excellent imagery, compelling suspense, originality and colorful writing
Cons: Slightly abrupt ending, a little too long
Summary: Granted, I have never read a Tom Wolfe book that I have not enjoyed, but A Man in Full was entertaining and well worth the time it took to read the entire book. The story involves three characters (an Atlanta real estate developer, an Atlanta ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 2, 2001
Pros: Tremendously thorough. I enjoyed it sentence by sentence
Cons: Seems like Wolfe didn't know how to end the book.
Summary: When Old Atlanta meets New Atlanta, men and women squash and get squashed in the process. It's a beautiful example of social hierarchy in action. This was my first Tom Wolfe read and have since read Bonfire of the Vanities with equal enthusiasm ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 17, 2000
Pros: Great premise, excellent characters
Cons: Weak, unsatisfying ending
Summary: This book,"A Man in Full", could have been, and in fact, should have been, a great one. After reading the first hundred or so pages, I was sure it would be. It had all of the necessary elements...a powerful, larger than life central character, ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 9, 2000
Pros: Hilarious!
Cons: Hilarious! is sandwiched between a slow start and pat ending.
Summary: I originally bought this book back in January 1999, intending to read it right away. I had been really looking forward to something new from Tom Wolfe - 'Bonfire of the Vanities' and 'The Right Stuff' were almost my favorite books at the time I read ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Jul 6, 2000
Pros: Good insight into Atlanta political elite scene
Cons: Ending is a bit disappointing
Summary: This is the longest book I've ever read and I finished it in 6 or 7 days. Thouroughly enjoyed Wolfe's easy-to-read, fast moving, descriptive, not entirely unbiased POV. I concur with some others that the ending was a bit of a letdown, but it did wrap ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 18, 2000
Pros: excellent descriptive style, well woven satisfying story
Cons: hard to get started, a bit heavy with the character's accents at times
Summary: Do I have to do it again? Write my "disclaimer" paragraph, about how I am not writing a high school book report that has enough detail so the teacher will believe I really read the book? Well, for those of you who may have missed it... to ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 5, 2000
Pros: Profound story, deft satire
Cons: None
Summary: "A Man in Full" simpy stated is a great American novel. Bringing to this opus many of the same themes and concerns he addressed in "Bonfire of the Vanities", the master satirist holds a magnifying glass up to the moral morass that ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 4, 2000
Pros: Real characters and very vivid descriptions. Wolfe has done it again.
Cons: The length will definitely scare some people away. The plot is complex and will be seen as too much effort for some readers. The ending is a bit contrived.
Summary: "Bonfire of the Vanities" took a long, hard deep look at the highfalutin New York crowd of the late 1980's and became on the decade's best selling and critically acclaimed books. It also spawned a truly horrid movie, but we can't blame that on ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 22, 2000
Pros: Great characterization
Cons: Weak plot, especially end
Summary: "A Man in Full," Tom Wolfe's large-scale epic about the downfall of Charlie Croker, a self-absorbed self-made man, is certainly testament to Wolfe's ability to create gripping characters. Croker, as well as nearly every other character ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 20, 2000
Pros: Exceptionally well written,witty and a well developed story line.
Cons: none
Summary: and good plot development with fully developed characters made this one of the funniest and most entertaining books I've read in years.In the rich plethora of unique characters there is only one that deserves any sympathy and in that respect alone Wolfe ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 5, 2000
Pros: In Depth and Abstruse
Cons: Not a can't put the book down
Summary: Perhaps the secret of a great writer is one who goes to the bone of human existence and squeezes,squishes,and mulls it over. Such is the case of Mr. Wolfe's A Man In Full.
As Atlanta, out of the ashes struggles for identity, the Wolfe ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 4, 2000
Pros: Had Me Wired To Read It
Cons: Me Balloon Was Deflated Afterwards
Summary: Having read every Tom Wolfe book ever written (personal favorite: "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"), but being of the cheap persuasion, I waited the better part of a year before a (badly worn!) copy came free at the local library before ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 1, 2000
Pros: Phenomenal Writing AND Storytelling
Cons: Goofy Dialect Descriptions
Summary: Tom Wolfe wrote one of the great non-fiction books of our generation ("The Right Stuff") so it seems a lot to ask him to be a great novelist as well. Thankfully, somebody asked and he delivered. "A Man In Full" is a fantastic book ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 25, 2000
Pros: STORY
Cons: very long
Summary: This book is the best book I've ever read. Now that might not be saying much coming from a senior in high school. But come on, it was 750 pages. I was hooked for each and everyone of them. It is truly a great look into the lives of men in the 1990s. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 18, 2000
Pros: A glimpse of the American male
Cons: The American male seemed never to have met a self-realized female counterpart
Summary: A Man in Full, like Bonfire of the Vanities graphically portrays the trials and triumphs of the main character(s). I found myself emphatically involved with the lead character in Bonfire of the Vanities, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 15, 2000
Pros: Tom Wolfe, look smart reading in public
Cons: bad, bad, just bad
Summary: Is this the same Tom Wolfe that brought us Bonfire? or was I less critical ten...fifteen years ago? Wolfe's take on the Atlanta real estate market may be interesting to anyone involved in Atlanta real estate, but the most interesting aspect I could find ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 30, 1999
Pros: Where do i start?
Cons: It ends...really, there are a few minor things I would change.
Summary: My only question is what book can possibly follow up this book? For the past couple weeks this book has become part of my life. Even when I put the book down, I thought of Charlie Croker, his associates, their dilemmas and when would I have time to read ... read more
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ISBN13: 9780553381337. ISBN10: 0553381334. by Tom Wolf. Published by Random House, Inc.. Edition: 01
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