An edition of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
By Tom Wolfe
Publish Date
1987
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language
eng
Pages
690
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. See also: - [The Bonfire of the Vanities: 1/2](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1925368W) - [The Bonfire of the Vanities: 2/2](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1925369W) --- Also contained in: - [Two Complete Books](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1925447W/Two_Complete_Books)
subjects: Fiction, Traffic accidents, City and town life, Stockbrokers, Bankers, Littérature américaine, Fiction, legal, New york (n.y.), fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Large type books, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs Fiction, American fiction, Fiction, general
People: Sherman McCoy
Places: New York (State), New York, États-Unis, Manhattan, Bronx, Wall Street, America, Harlem, Park Avenue, Gibralter
Times: 20e siècle