[lbo-talk] vacating; therefore, in need of fiction

[Joseph Catron]

If you're into long, rambling novels that turn out to be profound spiritual
treatises about the power of human redemption (and who isn't!), try Tom
Wolfe. My favorite by him right now is *A Man in Full*, which is not only
secretly a religious tract on behalf of the Stoics, but includes lots of
quotes by them as well! What fun!

Seriously, though; if you haven't already, try Tom Wolfe. If nothing else,
and if you haven't already, read *Bonfire on the Vanities*, since
pretentious hipsters will always quote it and expect you to know what they
mean. If you have, try anything else of his (
http://www.tomwolfe.com/bookshelf.html), which will inevitable be better.