A scandalous exploration of elite undergraduate life from the author of The Bonfire of the Vanities

Dupont University: the Olympian halls of learning housing the cream of America's youth, the roseate Gothic spires and manicured lawns suffused with tradition... or so it appears to beautiful, brilliant Charlotte Simmons, a sheltered freshman from Sparta, North Carolina, who has come here on a full scholarship. But Charlotte soon learns that for the upper-crust coeds of Dupont, sex, status, and kegs trump academic achievement every time.

As Charlotte encounters Dupont's elite, she gains a new, revelatory sense of her own power, that of her difference and of her very innocence. But little does she realise that she will act as a catalyst in all of their lives.

'A firecracker of a novel... A pyrotechnic delight just as dazzling as The Bonfire of the Vanities' - Sunday Express

Another unputdownable novel from the author of The Bonfire of the Vanities and A Man in Full, both bestsellers.

About the Author
Tom Wolfe (1930-2018) was the author of more than a dozen books, among them The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full, I Am Charlotte Simmons and Back to Blood. He received the National Book Foundation's 2010 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

Reviews
A firecracker of a novel... A pyrotechnic delight just as dazzling as The Bonfire of the Vanities * Sunday Express *
Brilliant... Not just a rollicking comedy of campus misbehaviour but a blistering indictment of contemporary standards * Mail on Sunday *
Exaggerates and deflates the pretensions of America's future ruling class in hilarious style * The Economist *
These are Wolfe's most memorable characters and this is his best book yet -- David Isaacson * Word Magazine *
Exuberant, lovingly crafted grotesquery * Daily Telegraph *



Book Information
ISBN 9780099479024
Author Tom Wolfe
Format Paperback
Page Count 688
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 469g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 40mm