659 pages
English language
Published July 19, 1990 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
The Bonfire of the vanities
by Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe: The Bonfire of the vanities (1990, Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
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The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 satirical novel by Tom Wolfe. The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City, and centers on three main characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist Peter Fallow.
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The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 satirical novel by Tom Wolfe. The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City, and centers on three main characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist Peter Fallow.
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Subjects
- City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
- Traffic accidents -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
- Bankers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.