
The Bonfire of the Vanities
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Narrated by:
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Joe Barrett
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By:
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Tom Wolfe
This bitingly hilarious American satire will forever define late twentieth-century New York style.
Tom Wolfe’s bestselling modern classic tells the story of Sherman McCoy, an elite Wall Street bond trader who has it all: wealth, power, prestige, a Park Avenue apartment, a beautiful wife, and an even more beautiful mistress, until one wrong turn sends Sherman spiraling downward in a humiliating fall from grace.
A car accident in the Bronx involving Sherman, his girlfriend, and two young lower-class Black men sets a match to the incendiary racial and social tensions of 1980s New York City. Suddenly, Sherman finds himself embroiled in the most brutal, high-profile case of the year, as prosecutors, politicians, the press, the police, the clergy, and assorted hustlers rush in to further their own political and social agendas. With so many egos at stake, the last priority on anyone’s mind is truth or justice.
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Critic reviews
"Sheer entertainment against a fabulous background....Often hilarious, and much, much more." ( Kirkus Reviews)
"Erupting from the first line with noise, color, tension and immediacy....brilliant." ( Publishers Weekly)
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Wow
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Good but long
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Terrific Read
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Still works
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The narration is great too.
One of the Greatest American Novels
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one of the finest stories and renditions
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The Story itself is long and the first half of the book is confusing to follow as it spends so much time doing character development.
But it’s a good story and although written in 1987 has a lot of bearing on today’s world in regard to racial issues.
Good narration Good story
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Excellent
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excellent story
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Hated the ending
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