re: Tom Wolfe's 1998 book "A Man in Full" being adapted into a Netflix series

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I read the whole thing, just don't remember it.

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Same here for the most part. I do remember one of the chapters with the kid working in the freezer unit of a Croker warehouse was completely amazing and riveting.

If they try to make any of the characters sympathetic (i.e. McCoy in the Bonfire of the Vanities movie), this will fail. Unfortunately it also looks like it'll be set in present-day Atlanta and not late-90s Atlanta, which means no Freaknik scene.
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I thought that Conrad character in the book was fairly sympathetic. Young guy unjustly prisoned...learns of Stoic philosophy in prison, etc. But you are probably right about the Freaknik scene. If I remember, this was the arrogant Ga. Tech football player who raped the rich white girl.(?)

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I thought that Conrad character in the book was fairly sympathetic. Young guy unjustly prisoned...learns of Stoic philosophy in prison, etc. But you are probably right about the Freaknik scene. If I remember, this was the arrogant Ga. Tech football player who raped the rich white girl.(?)

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Good point on Conrad. And yes, the Tech player was involved (though it was later found that the sex was consensual and the rich white girl instigated it).

Personally, I loved how Tom Wolfe managed to make Tech look like a football powerhouse by poaching the new coach from Bama.

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