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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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The bonfire of the vanities., Tom Wolfe
- Language
- Released
- 1988
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tom Wolfe
- Publisher
- Picador
- Released
- 1988
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 726
- ISBN10
- 033030660X
- ISBN13
- 9780330306607
- Series
- Tags
- Society, Adapted for Film, Race, Racism, New York, Money, Satire, Media and Media Communication, Judiciary, Manhattan, NY
- First published
- 1987
- Original title
- The Bonfire of the Vanities
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- 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.