![]() ![]() ![]() And unlike the sheltered, virginal Charlotte, Beverly has sex often, “sexiling” Charlotte out of her shared room when she does so. Beverly is the daughter of a wealthy CEO, so her background is nothing like Charlotte’s. When Charlotte arrives at Dupont, she clashes with her roommate, Beverly. Word spreads across the college and Hoyt becomes even more popular. A bodyguard spots Hoyt and Vance, but the boys successfully beat up the guard and escape the scene. Just before the semester begins, returning student Hoyt Thorpe and his friend Vance, both members of the prestigious Saint Ray fraternity, witness the unnamed Republican governor of California receiving oral sex from a female college student. Dupont, a big-name school, is overwhelming for Charlotte, who comes from a rural backwater as a full-ride scholarship student. The novel covers student Charlotte Simmons’s first six months attending the fictional Dupont University. ![]() Wolfe is a journalist and author famous for such works as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities, and more. To gather material for the book, Wolfe interviewed students from campuses including UNC-Chapel Hill, Penn U, Duke, and Stanford. I Am Charlotte Simmons is a 2004 novel from Tom Wolfe depicting student life at a fictionalized American university. ![]()
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