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Tom Wolfe - The Bonfire of the Vanities

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Sherman McCoy is an icon for the superficial life of the wealthy in New York City in the 1980s. His world is shaken by a sudden encounter with unexpected fear and danger when he accidently drives his $50,000 Mercedes into the South Bronx. Wolfe's novel touches on every rung of the social and economic ladder of the times, from inner-city communities, to scavenger-like New York reporters, to the daily grind at an Assistant D. A.'s office, to the highest rungs of the Wall Street bond market. First published in 1987, BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES is Tom Wolfe's first novel.

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More than a social snapshot of the Regan Era...

by bloolight , Feb 16, 2005

16 out of 16 people found this review helpful.

Pros: Rollicking pace, vivid descriptions, dynamic characters.

Cons: Tangled plot, distracting prose quirks, unsatisfying ending.

The Bottom Line: An excellent look into the politics of race, money, and criminal justice. For a first work of fiction, Wolfe hit a home run.

This reviewer recommends this product.

Review: There seems to be a certain amount of controversy surrounding Tom Wolfe. I suppose this is because of his well-publicized spat with aging literary icons like Norman Mailer and John Updike. It also seems to center on the notion that, somehow, what...

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A Modern Classic

by NoniaBidnis , Apr 28, 2000

13 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

Pros: excellent style, good characters, suspenseful

Cons: heard rumors that the movie sucked but didn't see it myself

This reviewer recommends this product.

Review: I first became interested in this one when it was being excerpted in Rolling Stone prior to its release. What an captivating story! I was immediately spellbound, not just by the action and suspense of the every day variety (a rich married gentleman...

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This Wolfe has bite!

by Cassady , Aug 5, 2001

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Pros: Razor-sharp wit, monumental scale, politically-incorrect, wayyyy true.

Cons: Those whom Wolfe satirizes probably don't even know they're the oxen being gored.

The Bottom Line: Wolfe paints a vivid picture of NYC's 1980s financial elite, brought down in a tawdry scandal that illuminates the tabloid mentality and racial power-grabs in the metropolis.

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Review: I read Tom Wolfe's caustic masterwork in advance of the movie version - which I still haven't seen, and don't look forward to simply because I can't imagine how even Brian De Palma could digest the original text. It's a sprawling evocation of the...

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