mass market paperback, 691 pages
English language
Published Dec. 7, 1988 by Bantam Books.
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
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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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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
- Littérature américaine
- Stockbrokers
- City and town life
- Traffic accidents
- Fiction
Places
- États-Unis
- New York (N.Y.)