Tom Wolfe's debut collection of essays - a brilliant, innovative exploration of America's future as it surged through the 1960s.

In 1965, Tom Wolfe made a striking entrance into the American literary scene with his first book, The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, a vibrant overview of American counterculture, its dance scenes, bouffant hairstyles, customized cars, and rock concerts.

Capturing the spirit of the era in portraits of Phil Spector, Cassius Clay, Las Vegas, and the Nanny Mafia – as well as questioning, why do doormen dislike Volkswagens? – Wolfe’s lively collection of essays remains one of the great, revolutionary milestones of modern non-fiction.

“Journalism, it is said, is the first draft of history. Nobody exemplifies the dictum better than Wolfe, the cultural observer and social critic par excellence.” - Daily Telegraph

Pages: 368, Dimensions: 13x13cm