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Summary
A collection of two essays by Tom Wolfe satirizing the intersection of high society and radical politics. 'Radical Chic' chronicles a fundraising party for the Black Panthers hosted by Leonard Bernstein in his Park Avenue apartment, skewering the fashionable leftism of the elite. 'Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers' examines how minority groups learned to intimidate government bureaucrats into granting concessions.