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THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES

THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES

THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
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THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES

by WOLFE, Tom

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ISBN 10
0374115346
ISBN 13
9780374115340
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ( 1987 ). First Trade edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo, 659 pages, gray cloth & reddish biards

Wolfe's first novel, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Signed by Wolfe on the half-title page.

Synopsis

The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 satirical novel by Tom Wolfe. The book is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City. It focuses on three characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist Peter Fallow. Sherman McCoy, a self-appointed 'Master of the Universe,' has a fashionable wife, a Park Avenue apartment, and a Southern mistress. His spectacular fall begins the moment he is involved in a hit-and-run accident in the Bronx. Prosecutors, newspaper hacks, politicians, and clergy close in on him, determined to bring him down. The Bonfire of the Vanities is a caustic satire on the money-feverish Eighties. This exuberant novel cemented Wolfe's reputation as the foremost chronicler of his age. The novel was originally created as a serial in the style of Charles Dickens' writings, running  27 installments in Rolling Stone starting in 1984. The novel was a bestseller and an incredible success often noted as one of Wolfe’s greatest works. 

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Bookseller
Thomas J. Joyce And Company US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
2021426
Title
THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
Author
WOLFE, Tom
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Trade edition
ISBN 10
0374115346
ISBN 13
9780374115340
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
( 1987 )
Keywords
0374115346, tom wolfe,

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Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.

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