An edition of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987)

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Picador edition (1); movie tie-in
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An edition of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987)

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Picador edition (1); movie tie-in
  • 4.0 (17 ratings) ·
  • 119 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 17 Have read

Sherman McCoy, Wall street bond-trader with a salary like a telephone number... Peter Fallow, expatriate Fleet Street gossip- writer whose price is a free lunch... Larry Kramer, assistant D A with a lustful eye on the juror wearing brown lipstick.. .Reverend Reggie Bacon, charismatic ghetto warlord, con-man and power in the streets...

The Bonfire oft he Vanities welds their stories together on a night in the Bronx when a $48,000 Mercedes hits a street it shouldn't have been near with a girl in its tan leather bucket seat who shouldn't have been there at all. The next day a young black accident victim is in hospital in a coma and Sherman McCoy has booked himself a one-way ticket to disaster.
--back cover

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Publisher
Picador
Language
English
Pages
730

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First Sentence

"AT THAT VERY MOMENT, IN THE VERY SORT OF PARK AVEnue co-op apartment that so obsessed the Mayor...twelve-foot ceilings...two wings, one for the white Anglo-Saxon Protestants who own the place and one for the help...Sherman McCoy was kneeling in his front hall trying to put a leash on a dachshund."

Edition Notes

UK/AUS/NZ

Published in
London
Copyright Date
1990 (from back cover)

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
730p.
Number of pages
730
Dimensions
7.1 x 4.4 x 2 inches
Weight
12.8 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL10488982M
Internet Archive
bonfireofvanitie0000wolf_e9o1
ISBN 10
0330296337
ISBN 13
9780330296335
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0330296337
Library Thing
10138
Goodreads
58572167

Work Description

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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