"I love Tom Wolfe . . . Whenever some big bizarro thing happens . . . I want the man in the white suit to do his usual exhaustive reporting, turn the labels inside out and the hypocrites upside down . . . and tell me what's what in one of those jittering, dazzling riffs of his."—Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

"At heart he is and always will be a terrific reporter. Hooking Up provides a great introduction to Wolfe the nonfiction stylist: the peerless portraitist, the contrarian social critic, and the literary bomb thrower. The book's title is a sexual metaphor, but in Wolfe's hands, it means making connections among the culture's disparate corners. And nobody hooks up better than he does."—Malcolm Jones, Newsweek

"The publication of Hooking Up, Wolfe's first book of short pieces in 20 years, is reason enough for celebration . . . Since becoming a bestselling novelist, it seemed as if the master of New Journalism had abandoned himself to literature forever. Happily, as this collection of most recent essays proves, he has not. Delicious."—Benjamin Svetkey, Entertainment Weekly

"The finest essayist-cum-novelist-cum-reporter of our era, Wolfe combines lively writing and endless energy with an astonishingly astute, ever-curious eye."—Forbes magazine

"Turn to the three essays grouped under the title 'The Human Beast,' and you will be in Wolfe heaven. The first of these is an exuberant history of the birth of Silicon Valley . . . 'Digibabble, Fairy Dust, and the Human Anthill' moves from the semiconductor industry to the Internet and then, by a kind of intuitive leap, to neuroscience and sociobiology. 'Sorry, but Your Soul Just Died' delves into brain imaging and the genetic determination of character."—Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times

"[The author's] fans will find plenty of evidence that Wolfe remains willing to plunge into 'the raw, raucous, lust-soaked rout that throbs with amped-up octophonic typanum all around [him]' and that—especially in his nonfiction—he can still grab the brass ring."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)