{"product_id":"hooking-up-9781250352613","title":"Hooking Up","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Wolfe shows us the mad spectacle of American life at millennium's end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e​​Tom Wolfe surveys America on the threshold of a new millennium, observing \"the lurid carnival actually taking place in the mightiest country on earth in the year 2000.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo corner of the frantically, gropingly changing country is sheltered from his keen, satirical eye. He fixes his gaze on the transformations in the mating rituals of the American teenager, and examines how quantum advances in science are changing the way we see ourselves. \u003ci\u003eHooking Up\u003c\/i\u003e also brings back Wolfe's infamous diatribe lampooning his contemporaries Norman Mailer, John Updike, and John Irving, and his legendary profile of William Shawn, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eHooking Up\u003c\/i\u003e, Wolfe shows us a vision of America raring to change as it enters a new era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250352613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Tom Wolfe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45211640627381,"sku":"9781250352613","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_00fcd85e-bdf8-4986-bca6-c796621399a6.jpg?v=1742913594","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hooking-up-9781250352613","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}