The Gang That Wouldn’t Write Straight: Wolfe, Thompson, Didion and the New Journalism Revolution

Traces the evolution of a literary form of journalism within the context of the history of America since the end of the Second World War, offering incisive profiles of such gifted writers as John Hershey, Tom Wolfe, Truman Capote, Hunter S. Thompson, and Joan Didion in terms of their lasting influence on American journalism and cultural life. 20,000 first printing.