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Sherman McCoy is a WASP, bond trader and self-appointed 'Master of the Universe'. He has a fashionable wife, a Park Avenue apartment and a Southern mistress. His spectacular fall begins the moment he is involved in a hit-and-run accident in the Bronx. Prosecutors, newspaper hacks, politicians and clergy close in on him, determined to bring him down. The Bonfire of the Vanities is a caustic satire on the money-feverish Eighties. This exuberant novel cemented Wolfe's reputation as the foremost chronicler of his age.
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The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2010
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- (In brossura)
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- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Tom Wolfe
- Editore
- CCV
- Pubblicato
- 2010
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 752
- ISBN10
- 0099548798
- ISBN13
- 9780099548799
- Serie
- Tag
- Società, Adattato in un film, New York, Razza, Razzismo, Denaro, Satira, Media e comunicazione mediatica, Sistema giudiziario, Manhattan, NY
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1987
- Titolo originale
- The Bonfire of the Vanities
- Valutazione
- 4,05 su 5
- Descrizione
- Sherman McCoy is a WASP, bond trader and self-appointed 'Master of the Universe'. He has a fashionable wife, a Park Avenue apartment and a Southern mistress. His spectacular fall begins the moment he is involved in a hit-and-run accident in the Bronx. Prosecutors, newspaper hacks, politicians and clergy close in on him, determined to bring him down. The Bonfire of the Vanities is a caustic satire on the money-feverish Eighties. This exuberant novel cemented Wolfe's reputation as the foremost chronicler of his age.