The Bonfire of the Vanities

Description

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) [1]: http://tomwolfe.com/Bonfire.html

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.

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Other Editions

• The Bonfire of the Vanities: A NovelPaperbackPicador2008-03-04
• The Bonfire of the VanitiesHardcoverJonathan Cape1988-01-01
• The Bonfire of the VanitiesHardcoverFarrar, Straus Giroux1988-01-01
• The bonfire of the vanitiesPaperbackPicador1988-01-01
• The Bonfire of the VanitiesPicador in association with Cape1988-01-01
• The Bonfire of the VanitiesCape1988-01-01