Tom Wolfe on the Rich
Tom Wolfe has an excerpt from a new novel in the current Vanity Fair. In this fragment one of his characters is talking about the joy of flying private:
Ahhhh … here comes the captain, returning with your drink upon a little tray, primly placing it on your tabletop, along with a little linen cocktail napkin. Bent over in a half-bow, like any good butler, he asks you if you’d like anything else … and please don’t hesitate to use the call button …
The captain we’re talking about! The co-captain! We could already feel the strain evening out, and we hadn’t even reached Boffingland yet!
Whenever the captain informed us we were descending for landing, Corky always cupped his hands about his mouth megaphone-style and announced in a loud voice, as if over the intercom: “Please return all seats, tray tables, and stewardesses to their original upright and locked positions.”
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