The Bonfire of the Vanities

Tom Wolfe Tsipi Borsuḳ First published 1987

About this book

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
  • The Bonfire of the Vanities: 2/2

Also contained in:

  • Two Complete Books

Subjects

  • american fiction
  • american fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • bankers
  • city and town life
  • fiction
  • fiction, general
  • fiction, legal
  • large type books
  • littérature américaine
  • manners and customs
  • new york (n.y.), fiction
  • new york (n.y.) social life and customs fiction
  • social life and customs
  • sozialer abstieg
  • stockbrokers
  • traffic accidents
  • yuppie