num_pages: 738
description: Beautiful, brilliant Charlotte Simmons thinks the hallowed hallsof Dupont University are all about learning. But she soon discovers, to hermounting dismay, that for the upper-crust coeds of Dupont, sex, sports and kegstrump academic ambitions. With his celebrated eye for telling detail, Tom Wolfeimmortalizes college life in the 21st century. I Am Charlotte Simmons isthe latest triumph of America’s master social novelist. "[ IAm Charlotte Simmons ] isso full of news and social commentary and gives rise to so many surprisingand funny set pieces that you wonder why someone didn’t think aboutwriting this sooner." - The New YorkTimes Magazine
language: English
title: I Am Charlotte Simmons
titlecomplete: I Am Charlotte Simmons
genres: Fiction, American, Coming Of Age, The United States Of America, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, College, Literary Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 27602
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Bad Sex in Fiction Award
publisher: Harper Perennial