The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Wolfe, Tom · 1987
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Book Description One night in the Bronx a millionaire, Sherman McCoy, and his mistress have an accident. The next day a young black is in hospital in a coma as McCoy heads for disaster. His humiliation is at the centre of a satire on the decaying class, racial and political structure of New York in the 1980s.
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'One of the funniest, finest and most dramatic American novels of recent times... the most enthralling book l've read in years' EVENING STANDARD --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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As influential as Martin Amis's MONEY and Oliver Stone's film WALL STREET, this is an exhilarating satire of Eighties excess and a book that captures the roiling spirit of New York --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. See all Product Description
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