Synopsis Sherman McCoy is an icon for the superficial life of the wealthy in New York City in the 1980s. His world is shaken by a sudden encounter with unexpected fear and danger when he accidently drives his $50,000 Mercedes into the South Bronx. Wolfe's novel touches on every rung of the social and economic ladder of the times, from inner-city communities, to scavenger-like New York reporters, to the daily grind at an Assistant D. A.'s office, to the highest rungs of the Wall Street bond market. First published in 1987, BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES is Tom Wolfe's first novel.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1990-12-01 |
| Size | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.8 in | | Thickness: | 2.0 in | | Weight: | 40.0 oz |
Publisher's Note Sherman McCoy, a young investment banker in Manhattan, finds himself arrested following a freak accident and becomes involved with prosecutors, politicians, the press, and assorted hustlers.
Industry Reviews "A superb human comedy and the first novel ever to get contemporary New York, in all its arrogance and shame and heterogeneity and insularity, exactly right." Washington Post Book World
"Splendidly written and acutely observed.... No one has portrayed New York Society this accurately and devastatingly since Edith Wharton." National Review
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