The Bonfire Of The Vanities
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
New York City in the 1980s is a cauldron of greed, ambition, and racial tension — and Sherman McCoy, a wealthy Wall Street bond trader who fancies himself a Master of the Universe, is about to have his gilded world torn apart. Tom Wolfe's landmark satirical novel chronicles the catastrophic downfall of McCoy after a hit-and-run accident in the Bronx entangles him in a web of media sensationalism, political opportunism, and class warfare that exposes the rotten core beneath Manhattan's gleaming facade. Wolfe deploys his razor-sharp journalistic eye and a savage wit to dissect the interlocking worlds of high finance, tabloid journalism, and the criminal justice system, painting a portrait of an era defined by excess and moral vacancy. The Bonfire of the Vanities stands as one of the great American novels of the twentieth century — a sprawling, ferociously energetic indictment of a society that rewards vanity and punishes weakness. With a new foreword by the author, this edition invites readers to ask whether the city — and the country — has truly changed at all.
Author: Tom Wolfe
Format: Hardback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
New York City in the 1980s is a cauldron of greed, ambition, and racial tension — and Sherman McCoy, a wealthy Wall Street bond trader who fancies himself a Master of the Universe, is about to have his gilded world torn apart. Tom Wolfe's landmark satirical novel chronicles the catastrophic downfall of McCoy after a hit-and-run accident in the Bronx entangles him in a web of media sensationalism, political opportunism, and class warfare that exposes the rotten core beneath Manhattan's gleaming facade. Wolfe deploys his razor-sharp journalistic eye and a savage wit to dissect the interlocking worlds of high finance, tabloid journalism, and the criminal justice system, painting a portrait of an era defined by excess and moral vacancy. The Bonfire of the Vanities stands as one of the great American novels of the twentieth century — a sprawling, ferociously energetic indictment of a society that rewards vanity and punishes weakness. With a new foreword by the author, this edition invites readers to ask whether the city — and the country — has truly changed at all.