A Man in Full (Abridged) Audiobook

" warning: alarming passages on horse humping. "

" This was a good book, but I couldn't finish it. I had a limited amount of time and a bad attitude about reading it in the first place. "

" In journalism, I guess Wolfe discovered with his second novel, it was much easier to find a natural ending to the story. "

" Entertaining satire on Atlanta society, business and politics. Generally well written, apart from the ending. Populated with often larger than life characters from all walks of life. The political intrigues at City hall and the business swinging d***s were all depressingly plausible. "

" I call this guy "The Other Thomas Wolfe" to distinguish him from the author of "Look Homeward, Angel." They are both about as wordy but this Thomas Wolfe is a quite a story teller and tells in excruciating detail, the rise and fall of an Atlanta entrepeur during the 1990s. A generally good read. "

" my husband and i both read this book at different times. we both liked it. "

" I ran through this book in a little over a week. I literally could not put it down despite its massive size (I own it in hardcover). The characters and interweaving story lines hooked me from the first chapter. Corruption, politics and race make this novel a necessary read for for everybody especially in today's culture of corporate excess and greed. "

" I could not put this book down! I even recommended it to my husband! It is another "must read". "

" This hits on Tom Wolfe's favorite topics of race relations and modern society. As always, Wolfe paints vibrant characters and sets out an unexpected story line. Great read. "

" Good, but not quite as good as Bonfire of the Vanities. "

" It's a huge lesson in American Studies wrapped up in a really engrossing story. It's pretty fantastic. "

" Not as good as Bonfire Of The Vanities but still entertaining. "

" Lot of fun. Great characters. Saddlebags "

" Great story, typical and mainstream but fun! "

" An incredible portrait of Atlanta, and as a native, I really enjoyed it. A well-crafted tale of old boy's club southern (bullshit), racial tension, greed, and despite its being 690 pages, I was sorry to see it end. Impeccable. "

" I loved this.....until.....he used a Deux et machina to resolve it and an epilogue because he couldn't figure out how to end it. Feh. "

" The theme of castration mixed with the seedy underbellies of "get out the vote" efforts and the East Bay Nail Salon Ring of human traffickers has never seemed so right. "

" Big and punchy, like the people portrayed. "

" Tom Wolfe's exuberant writing creates an epic portrait of a real estate mogul in the swan song of his career and the lives of secondary characters affected by his decline. A fun, immersive read with a slightly disappointing ending but worth reading (and one of my favourites!) all the same. "

" Great book about Atlanta, but it ends poorly or perhaps not at all? "

" The characterization of Charlie Crocker is super in the fact that throughout this long book covering many years, you witness the distinct change in character from the beginning to the ending. "

" Wolfe weaves great stories. I'll never forget the descriptions of slaughterhouses in this book. Devastating. Now books like Fast Food Nation, etc. have focused in on the sins of agri-business, but this novel gives a brilliantly literary intro. "

" One of my all time favourites! A must read. "

" This book was structured exactly like The Bonfire of the Vanities. A disappointment. "

" Wolfe offers shrwed social commentary interwoven into a varied, colorful story. "

" One of Tom Wolfe's finest fictions. "

" Something was missing from this. I adore Wolfe, almost everything he writes. This one just didn't ring true, maybe? Or the characters just didn't have the weight of other books. Not sure what it was, but I came away disappointed. "

" One of my favorite books (next to Asimov's "I, Robot" and Gaiman's "American Gods"). This book has everything. And while it's also a great peice of fiction, for me it was also a manual to become a better man. "

" i love this author. he gets inside all the characters' heads and you hear all their conceited and insecure thoughts. "

" Hugely memorable scenes, but blurred on the whole "

" One of the best character studies I've ever read "

" la transformación de varios hombres unidos por las circunstancias.. nos hace pensar en como vivimos y lo que tiene valor.. intriga, amor, política.. "

" I read this a long time ago and I don't think I even finished it. Don't even remember what it was about. "

" Talk about a man having a really bad day. Great Book. One of my favorites and I still think about it after it's been shelved for years. "