A wildly vivid and entertaining chronicle of America's manned space program, from the author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test `What is it' asks Tom Wolfe, `that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle...and wait for someone to light the fuse?' Arrogance? Stupidity? Bravery? Courage? Or, simply, that quality we call 'the right stuff'? A monument to the men who battled to beat the Russians into space, The Right Stuff is a voyage into the mythology of the American space program, and a dizzying dive into the sweat, fear, beauty and danger of being on the white-hot edge of history in the making. `Tom Wolfe at his very best... Learned, cheeky, risky, touching, tough, compassionate, nostalgic, worshipful, jingoistic...The Right Stuff is superb' - New York Times Book Review

The Right Stuff is the best, the funniest, and the most vivid book ever written about America's manned space program.

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
"The Right Stuff is Wolfe's best book" * Sunday Times *
"It is Tom Wolfe at his very best...technically accurate, learned, cheeky, risky, touching, tough, compassionate, nostalgic, worshipful, jingoistic... The Right Stuff is superb" * New York Times Book Review *
"An exhilarating flight into fear, love, beauty and fiery death... magnificent" * People *
"Absolutely first class... Improbable as some of Tom's tales seem, I know he's telling it like it was" -- Michael Collins, former astronaut
"Tom Wolfe', article: `You only had to look at him... or read such books as The Bonfire of the Vanities and The Right Stuff to know that Tom Wolfe was like no other" -- John Pye * The Scotsman *



Book Information
ISBN 9780099479376
Author Tom Wolfe
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 309g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 28mm