Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine and Other Stories, Sketches, and Essays (Bantam 10875-1)

New York: Bantam Books, 1977. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 6x4x0. Wolfe, Tom. First paperback printing. 1/2 inch crease on rear wrapper edge, pages a bit toned. Binding tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. 1977 Mass Market Paperback. 214, [2] pp. "When are the 1970s going to begin?" ran the joke during the Presidential campaign of 1976. With his own patented combination of serious journalism and dazzling comedy, Tom Wolfe met the question head-on in these rollicking essays -- and even provided the 1970s with its name: "The Me Decade.