The Bonfire of the Vanities
de Wolfe, Tom
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0224024396
- ISBN 13
- 9780224024396
- Librería
-
Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988 0224024396. First edition. First UK hardback edition. Very Good apart from slight wearing to the gilt on the spine. The DW is price-clipped but otherwise Very Good. No inscriptions. Over 6" by 9.5". 659 pages. The famous novel (subsequently filmed with Tom Hanks etc.) which blew the lid on the money men and women of the 1980s. The new 'masters of the universe' have their feet of clay well and truly exposed as Wolfe explores the machinations of the law and the media. Now regarded as the defining novel of the Reagan years in the USA. Micheal Goldfarb has said in an obituary notice on Wolfe words to the following effect: "he saw Donald Trump coming." Nowhere is this more true than in this novel.
Sinopsis
The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 satirical novel by Tom Wolfe. The book is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City. It focuses on three characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist Peter Fallow. Sherman McCoy, a self-appointed 'Master of the Universe,' 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. The novel was originally created as a serial in the style of Charles Dickens' writings, running 27 installments in Rolling Stone starting in 1984. The novel was a bestseller and an incredible success often noted as one of Wolfe’s greatest works.
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- Librería
- David Edward Hellawell
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 965
- Título
- The Bonfire of the Vanities
- Autor
- Wolfe, Tom
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0224024396
- ISBN 13
- 9780224024396
- Editorial
- Jonathan Cape, 0224024396
- Lugar de publicación
- London:
- Fecha de publicación
- 1988
- Palabras clave
- New York Bronx Muggers Crime Law Media Millionaires Poor Police QSE
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David Edward Hellawell
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
Bromsgrove, West Midlands
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