The New Journalism

Categories: Literature & Fiction

In this anthology, Tom Wolfe gathers pieces by writers who in the 1960s began reporting nonfiction with the techniques of the novel. His long opening essay serves as a manifesto for the movement. Wolfe argues that scene-by-scene construction, full dialogue, point of view and telling detail let journalism rival fiction. The collection includes work by Truman Capote, Hunter S. Thompson, Joan Didion, Norman Mailer, Gay Talese and Wolfe himself, among others.

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• Bill Gurley: “In The New Journalism, Tom Wolfe argued that properly written nonfiction could be more compelling than fiction.”