TOM WOLFE ANNOUNCES RETURN TO NON FICTION WRITING
Author Tom Wolfe shown in April 2005 announced on 5/13/05 that after three novels his next book will be a return to non fiction profiling Wall Street types who hide their status and act like bad seeds. Wolfe is considered the founder of new journalism. (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen)
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A big-screen adaptation of Tom Wolfe's 1968 counterculture book "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" is in the works, The Hollywood Reporter said.
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MIAMI, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The city of Miami serves as the backdrop for the newest novel from popular author Tom Wolfe.
ATLANTA, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Charles "Mack" Taylor, an Atlanta real estate mogul described as a quintessential Southern gentleman, has died of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 78.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group USA, has acquired the North American rights to Tom Wolfe's new novel.
CHICAGO, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Author E.L. Doctorow has been named the recipient of the 2007 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for lifetime achievement.
LOS ANGELES, June 11 (UPI) -- Writer Tom Wolfe's novel "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" is being made into a feature film nearly 40 years after it was published. Director Gus Van Sant has signed on to do the project and has brought Lance Black aboard to adapt the screenplay, Variety.
LONDON, June 4 (UPI) -- A who's who of performers, including Live Aid founder Bob Geldof, turned out at a gala dinner in Britain to raise money for the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation.
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WASHINGTON, June 26 (UPI) -- The American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, which share the old U.S. Patent Office in Washington, are set to reopen after six years.
