Wolfe tells it like (as?) it is! I've seen the large black women and muscular men storm a government cubicle and terrorize the well-dressed bureaucrats. Part of the 1960s that doesn't get much light. ( )

Disorganized and scattered essays. The first is about wealthy New Yorkers who support controversial causes as the stylish thing to do. The second is about the structure of the poverty program and how it encourages violence. I wasn't convinced by either essay, and I didn't enjoy the writing. ( )

Two excellent novella-length essays from the Man in White, both on the subject of dysfunctional race relations in America. Radical Chic is a hilarious examination of social elites who embrace radical causes, while Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers describes a darkly amusing kabuki in which various ethnic groups in 1970s San Francisco take swing at the piñata of government anti-poverty programs. ( )