London: Picador. Very Good-. 1990. Reprint; Fifth Printing. Paperback. Light reading creases, corner creases to front cover, light shelf wear, small ding to rear cover, paper lightly edge toned. ; Fourth printing of Picador paperback edition, 1990. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover artwork by Fred Macelino. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 752 pages; One night in the Bronx a $48,000 Mercedes hits a street it shouldn't have been on with a girl in it's tan leather bucket seat who shouldn't have been there. The next day a young black accident victim is in a coma in hospital and Wall Street bond-trader Sherman McCoy has booked himself a on-way ticket to disaster. .

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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: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 35896
Title: The Bonfire Of The Vanities
Author: Wolfe, Tom
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good-
Edition: Reprint; Fifth Printing
ISBN 10: 0330305735
ISBN 13: 9780330305730
Publisher: Picador
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1990
Bookseller catalogs: Fireside Reads;

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