You should also add “Man In Full” as essential reading from the Tom Wolfe catalog. That is probably my favorite Wolfe book. I especially like the “workout session” that the in-over-his-head tycoon gets put through by the bank and the part where the hard-luck kid who loses his job in the frozen food plant tries to get a job as a typist in the city, ends up getting his car towed and gets harangued by his wife and mother-in-law when he calls them on his last dime looking for some money.
Thanks for the recommendation! I haven’t read that one — don’t know how I missed it! THANKS!