The Bonfire of the Vanities

Title: The Bonfire of the Vanities
ISBN: 9780330306607
Author: Tom Wolfe
Rating: ⭐ 3.93 (286 ratings, 32 reviews)

[MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.][Read by Joe Barrett]*A 2010 Audie NomineeTom Wolfe's best-selling modern classic tells the story of Sherman McCoy, an elite Wall Street bond trader who has it 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, in this bitingly hilarious American satire.