The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe, Tsipi Borsuḳ · 1987
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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. 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)
First sentence: AT THAT VERY MOMENT, IN THE VERY SORT OF PARK AVEnue co-op apartment that so obsessed the Mayor...twelve-foot ceilings...two wings, one for the white Anglo-Saxon Protestants who own the place and one for the help...Sherman McCoy was kneeling in his front hall trying to put a leash on a dachshund.
Book details
- Year
- 1987
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus Giroux
- Editions
- 67
- Reader rating
- 4.1 / 5 (20)
- Pages
- 659
- ISBN
- 9780374115340
Data source: Wikidata
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