Bonfire of the Vanities author Wolfe dies

By Bill Trott
Updated May 16 2018 - 2:56am, first published 2:52am

Tom Wolfe, an early practitioner of "new journalism" who captured the mood and culture of America across five decades with books including The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff and The Bonfire of the Vanities, has died aged 88.

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