The Bonfire of the Vanities

A Novel

Paperback, 552 pages

English language

Published March 4, 2008 by Picador.

ISBN:
978-0-312-42757-3
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OCLC Number:
213470814

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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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  • Fiction / Literary
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