Tom Wolfe’s A Man in Full is a massive book, in more ways than one. A 742-page social novel with an iconoclastic Atlanta real estate mogul at its center, it took Wolfe over a decade to research and write. When it was published, in 1998, Farrar, Straus & Giroux ordered a jaw-dropping initial print run of 1.2 million hardcover copies; two years later, it had sold 1.4 million. The book’s themes—money, power, race, masculinity—are just as grand. Read More...
The Osun State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has denied reports claiming the party has endorsed the candidacy of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for the 2023 presidential election. The denial was made on Saturday by the Caretaker Chairman of the party in Osun State, Alhaji Abdussalam Abdullateef.
He stressed that the only presidential candidate known and supported by the NNPP is former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Read More...
Power publicist Alla Plotkin is teaming up with Jillian Roscoe, becoming a partner in Birch Public Relations.
Roscoe launched the firm in March 2023 after leaving ID PR. Plotkin also departed ID at about the same time but didn’t announce her next move until her new partnership with Roscoe. Read More...