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    Kandy-kolored Tangerine-flake Streamlined Baby (Paperback) By (author) Tom Wolfe

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    Short Description for Kandy-kolored Tangerine-flake Streamlined BabyLooks at the American scene of the early 1960s and zeroes in on the forms of status-seeking then in vogue from New York to Los Angeles. This book finds a unique American energy in the dances, bouffant hairdos, stock-car racing and rock concerts. It eulogizes the flamboyant 'kustomized kars' California teens constructed with artistic dedication.
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  • In this, his first book and one of the landmarks of the New Journalism, Tom Wolfe managed to look at the American scene of the early 1960s afresh and to zero in on the more exotic forms of status-seeking then in vogue from New York to Los Angeles. In the dances, bouffant hairdos, stock-car racing and rock concerts, Wolfe found a unique American energy, and the incandescent style that produced The Right Stuff and The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is already in evidence. In the title essay - Wolfe's first magazine article - he eulogizes the flamboyant 'kustomized kars' California teens constructed with artistic dedication. And there's more - Phil Spectre, Cassius Clay, Las Vegas, the Nanny Mafia, Why Doormen hate Volkswagens. Classic Wolfe!