{"product_id":"9780312427580","title":"The Painted Word","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Painted Word\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Tom Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"America's nerviest journalist\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e) trains his satirical eye on Modern Art in this \"masterpiece\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWolfe's style has never been more dazzling, his wit never more keen. He addresses the scope of Modern Art, from its founding days as Abstract Expressionism through its transformations to Pop, Op, Minimal, and Conceptual. \u003ci\u003eThe Painted Word \u003c\/i\u003eis Tom Wolfe \"at his most clever, amusing, and irreverent\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If you have ever stared uncomprehendingly at an abstract painting that admired critics have said you ought to dig, take heart. Tom Wolfe . . . is on your side. \u003ci\u003eThe Painted Word\u003c\/i\u003e may enrage you. It may confirm your darkest suspicions about Modern Art. In any case, it will amuse you.” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Sunday News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Tom Wolfe is a journalist who always manages to combine an encyclopedic store of inside knowledge with the obstinate detachment of a visitor from Mars, not to mention a brilliant style and incisive wit.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francsico Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Painted Word\u003c\/i\u003e may well be Tom Wolfe's most successful piece of social criticism to date.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Painted Word\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece. No one in the art world . . . could fail to recognize its essential truth. I read it four times, each of them with mounting envy for Wolfe's eye, ear, and surgical skill.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“His eye and ear for detailed observations are incomparable; and observation is to the satirist what bullets are to a gun.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312427580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40673436893390,"sku":"9780312427580","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_7d28771d-2a9e-4feb-92c1-515906cab376.jpg?v=1639883482","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312427580","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}