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The Bonfire of the Vanities

by Tom Wolfe

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Tom Wolfes modern American satire tells the story of Sherman McCoy, a Wall Street “Master of the Universe” who has it all a Park Avenue apartment, a job that brings wealth, power and prestige, a beautiful wife, an even more beautiful mistress.

Suddenly, one wrong turn makes it all go wrong, and Sherman spirals downward in a sudden fall from grace that sucks him into the ravenous heart of a New York City gone mad during the go-go, racially turbulent, socially hilarious 1980s.

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Sherman McCoy is one of Wall Street's top bond salesmen who lives in a sumptuous fourteen-room duplex apartment on Park Avenue. And then one day a bizarre incident in the Bronx thrusts him into the center of every racial, economic, sexual, social, and political tension in New York City....

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About the Author

Tom Wolfe is the author of a dozen books, among them such contemporary classics as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, and The Bonfire of the Vanities. A native of Richmond, Virginia, he earned his B.A. at Washington and Lee University and a Ph.D. in American studies at Yale. He lives in New York City.

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ISBN:

9780553381344

Author:

Wolfe, Tom

Publisher:

Dial Press Trade Paperback

Subject:

General

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

City and town life

Subject:

Stockbrokers

Subject:

General Fiction

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Publication Date:

20011030

Binding:

Paperback

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

656

Dimensions:

8.9 x 6 x 1.2 in 1.2 lb

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"Synopsis" by Ingram, Sherman McCoy is one of Wall Street's top bond salesmen who lives in a sumptuous fourteen-room duplex apartment on Park Avenue. And then one day a bizarre incident in the Bronx thrusts him into the center of every racial, economic, sexual, social, and political tension in New York City....