I am Charlotte Simmons
Author: Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe, the master social novelist of our time, the spot-on chronicler of all things contemporary and cultural, presents a sensational new novel about life, love, and learning–or the lack of it–amid today’s American colleges.Our story unfolds at fictional Dupont University: those Olympian halls of scholarship housing the cream of America’s youth, the roseate Gothic sp….Read More
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