The Bonfire of the Vanities

Hardcover, 992 pages

English language

Published April 19, 1989 by MacMillan Publishing Company.

ISBN:
978-0-8161-4742-7
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OCLC Number:
490870745

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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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  • Stockbrokers
  • General
  • Fiction - General
  • Large Print
  • Traffic accidents
  • City and town life
  • Fiction
  • New York (N.Y.)