"His eye and ear for detailed observation are incomparable; and observation is to the satirist what bullets are to a gun".

-- The Boston Sunday Globe"If you have ever stared uncomprehendingly at an abstract painting that admired critics have said you ought to dig, take heart. Tom Wolfe . . . is on your side. "The Painted Word" may enrage you. It may confirm your darkest suspicions about Modern Art. In any case, it will amuse you."--"New York Sunday News ""Tom Wolfe is a journalist who always mana...