num_pages: 690
description: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780553381344.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.The novel was originally conceived as a serial in the style of Charles Dickens' writings: It ran in 27 installments in Rolling Stone starting in 1984. Wolfe heavily revised it before it was published in book form. The novel was a bestseller and a phenomenal success, even in comparison with Wolfe's other books. It has often been called the quintessential novel of the 1980s.
language: English
title: The Bonfire of the Vanities
titlecomplete: The Bonfire of the Vanities
characters: Linwood Talley, Warren Bottomley, John Campbell McCoy, Guliaggi, Red Pitt, Sherman McCoy, Huck Thigg, Brian Highridge, Jimmy Caughey, Kate di Ducci, Irv Stone, Lewis Sanderson, Annie Lamb, Gil Archer, Baron Hochswald, Eugene Lopwitz, Bernard Levy, Ferdinand Arguello, Alex Britt-Withers, Gloria Dawson, Arthur Ruskin, Nick Stopping, Miss Lyons, Peter Fallow, Greg Rosenwald, Caroline Heftshank, Mike Bellavita, Asher Herzfeld, St. John Thomas
genres: 20th Century, American, New York, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 79405
places: New York City, New York, New York (State)
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Ambassador Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback