A Man in Full

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A Man in Full is a novel by Tom Wolfe, published in 1998 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. This 744-page satire portrays a high flying real estate mogul amid the intricate social dynamics of Atlanta, the vibrant capital of the New South.

The book caricatures some prominent members of Atlanta society, including the former mayor Maynard Jackson as Roger White, and renowned developer John Portman as Charlie Croker. Released eleven years after Wolfe's bestselling novel The Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full met pointed criticism from a cadre of American novelists including John Updike, Norman Mailer and John Irving.