The bonfire of the vanities

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The bonfire of the vanities (1989, Farrar, Straus, Giroux)

659 pages

English language

Published Jan. 2, 1989 by Farrar, Straus, Giroux.

ISBN:
9780374115371
OCLC Number:
22690330

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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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  • City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
  • Traffic accidents -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
  • Stockbrokers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction