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An edition of The Bonfire of the Vanities
(1987)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
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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.
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Fiction, Traffic accidents, City and town life, Stockbrokers, Bankers, Littérature américaine, Fiction, legal, New york (n.y.), fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Large type books, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs Fiction, American fiction, Fiction, generalPeople
Sherman McCoyPlaces
New York (State), New York, États-Unis, Manhattan, Bronx, Wall Street, America, Harlem, Park Avenue, GibralterTimes
20e siècleShowing 11 featured editions. View all 57 editions?
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
2010, Vintage Books
Paperback
in English
- printing (10)
0099541270 9780099541271
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Le Bucher DES Vanites
November 7, 2001, Livre de Poche
Mass Market Paperback
in French
2253053406 9782253053408
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Het vreugdevuur der ijdelheden
2001, Ooievaar
Mass Market Paperback
in Dutch
- Dertiende druk
9057135396 9789057135392
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
October 1999, Tandem Library
School & Library Binding
in English
0613171152 9780613171151
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Het vreugdevuur der ijdelheden
1990, Bert Bakker
Paperback
in Dutch
- Vijfde druk
9035109511 9789035109513
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Le bucher des vanites
1988-08, Sylvie Messinger editrice
Paperback
in French
2865831027 9782865831029
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
1988-12, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Bantam Edition (17)
0553275976 9780553275971
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"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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- tomwolfe.com/Bonfire
- The Bonfire of the Vanities - Wikipedia
- The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (theguardian.com)
- Over 30 years later, aspects of Tom Wolfe's New York still linger
- How Tom Wolfe’s ‘The Bonfire of the Vanities’ became a finance phenomenon
- The Bonfire of the Vanities - The Greatest Literature of All Time
- Why I spent three years tracking down the original serialisation of Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities
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| December 18, 2025 | Edited by MARC Bot | set source_records based on initial machine_comment |
| June 21, 2021 | Edited by Lisa | merge authors |
| January 16, 2021 | Edited by lisaBot | moving edition(s) to primary work |
| January 16, 2021 | Edited by lisaBot | moving edition(s) to primary work |
| April 30, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from amazon.com record |