"The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby" 1965 Wolfe, Tom (Signed)

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WOLFE, Tom

[339] pp.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

1965

Second Edition

8 1/2" x 6"

Jacket design by Janet Halverson

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[339] pp.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

1965

Second Edition

8 1/2" x 6"

Jacket design by Janet Halverson

The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby is the title of Tom Wolfe's first collected book of essays, published in 1965. The book is named for one of the stories in the collection that was originally published in Esquire in 1963 under the title "There Goes (Varoom! Varoom!) That Kandy-Kolored (Thphhhhhh!) Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (Rahghhh!) Around the Bend (Brummmmmmmmmmmmmmm)…" Wolfe's essay for Esquire and this, his first book, are frequently hailed as early examples of New Journalism See less