Bonfire of the Vanities, The

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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 an accident in the Bronx. Prosecutors, newspaper hacks, politicians and clergy close in on him, determined to bring him down.

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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.GM GY HK HM IN IO JM JO KE KI KN KY LC LK LS MM MS MT MU MV MW MY NA NF NG NP NR NU PG PK PN SB SC SD SG SH SL SO SZ TC TK TO TT TV TZ UG VC VG VU WS YE ZM ZWCF CG CH CI CL CM CN CO CR CS CU CV CZ DE DJ DK DO DZ EC EE EG EH ER ES ET FI FM FO FR GA GE GF GL GN GP GQ GR GS GT GU GW HN HR HT HU ID IL IQ IR IS IT JP KG KH KM KP KR KW KZ LA LB LI LR LT LU LV LY MA MC MD MG MH MK ML MN MO MP MQ MR MX MZ NC NE NI NL NO OM PA PE PF PL PS PT PW PY QA RE RO RU RW SA SE SI SJ SK SM SN SR ST SV SY TD TF TG TH TJ TL TM TN TR TW UA UY UZ VA VE VN WF YT