The Bonfire of the Vanities.
by WOLFE, Tom
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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About This Item
One of Tom Wolfe's most well-known novels, allowing his journalistic instincts and insight to bear once again upon modern American society, this time with capitalistic greed, racial inequality and the US legal system in his sights. Hard to find signed and in such condition.
Wolfe (Tom)The Bonfire of the Vanities, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, light marginal toning, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1988.
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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- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
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- 105648
- Title
- The Bonfire of the Vanities.
- Author
- WOLFE, Tom
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Jonathan Cape. 1988.
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