The Bonfire of the Vanities: A Novel

Tom Wolfe

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Feb 21, 2002 - Fiction - 704 pages

Vintage Tom Wolfe, the #1 bestseller that will forever define late-twentieth-century New York style. "No one has portrayed New York Society this accurately and devastatingly since Edith Wharton" (The National Review)

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Review: The Bonfire of the Vanities

User Review  - John Drumm - Goodreads

The only downside to this book is the length, nearly the same size as Anna Karenina, but that shouldn't discourage you from reading it in the slightest. An amazing book, memorable characters, great ...

Review: The Bonfire of the Vanities, Part 1

User Review  - Marcus - Goodreads

I found it very difficult to care about this book. Even though it supposedly reflects perfectly the hubris and arrogance that led us to the unhappy pass of the last few years, I just could not get ...

About the author

Tom Wolfe is the author of a dozen books, among them such contemporary classics as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, and I Am Charlotte Simmons. He lives in New York City.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Bonfire of the Vanities: A Novel
• Author: Tom Wolfe
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
• ISBN: 1429960566, 9781429960564
• Length: 704 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Literary