659 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 1987 by Franklin Library.
The bonfire of the vanities
by Tom Wolfe
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 -- Fiction.
- Traffic accidents -- Fiction.
- Stockbrokers -- Fiction.
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.