[Novelist Tom] Wolfe, known for his trademark white suits, has a new novel out, "I Am Charlotte Simmons," about youthful hedonism on a college campus.I'm sure Wolfe was just taking in the lingo and day-to-day manners, but I would really like to think he was seeking out examples of "youthful hedonism":
Wolfe said he went to campuses including Stanford, the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and the University of Florida in Gainesville and attended fraternity parties as part of his research.
"Very few of the students had any idea who I was," he says. "I was so old, and I always wore a necktie -- I must have seemed somewhat odd to them."
"That young lady seems to have passed out. Is one of you going to have non-consensual sex with her?"
"I'm just resting my eyes. Jason, doesn't your grandfather have a hotel room or something?"
"He's not my grandfather! Mr. Wolfe, we're trying to study, please stop bothering us."
"Don't mind me, I'll just take a few more notes and head off to the Hilton. (Pause) Has anyone a dose of Ecstasy?"
"No."
"Ah well. (Pause) That detergent bottle would make an excellent shotgun. Has anyone a bit of weed?"
"No."
"Would you like some?"
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