{"product_id":"9780312427566","title":"The Right Stuff","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Right Stuff\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Tom Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"America's nerviest journalist\" (\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. \"Tom Wolfe at his very best\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMillions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure; namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves - in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny empathetic powers, that made \u003ci\u003eThe Right Stuff \u003c\/i\u003ea classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Technically accurate, learned, cheeky, risky, touching, tough, compassionate, nostalgic, worshipful, jingoistic . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Right Stuff \u003c\/i\u003eis superb.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the most romantic and thrilling books ever written about men who put themselves in peril.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An exhilarating flight into fear, love, beauty, and fiery death . . . Magnificent.” —\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Absolutely first class . . . Improbable as some of Wolfe's tales seem, I know he's telling it like it was.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Crammed with inside poop and racy incident . . . fast cars, booze, astro groupies, the envies and injuries of the military caste system . . . Wolfe lays it all out in brilliantly staged Op Lit scenes.” —\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Splendid . . . It shows our propensity to manufacture heroes, and, just as quickly, to forget them; it shows how a scientific program was exploited for political advantage; it provides a revealing character study of seven exceptional Americans.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNominated National Book Critics Circle Awards - Nominee (1979), Winner National Book Awards - Winner (1980), Winner National Book Awards - Winner (1979), Nominated National Book Critics Circle Award - Nominee (1979), National Books Critics Circle Awards - Nominee (1979)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312427566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40673464090830,"sku":"9780312427566","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_fdd77060-d131-4baa-88b4-5dc7a1182a20.jpg?v=1639884395","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312427566","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}