20th Anniversary of Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities"

BonfireRev. Bacon From the New York Times: No Longer the City of ‘Bonfire’ in Flames By ANNE BARNARD Twenty years ago, the acid-penned journalist Tom Wolfe unleashed his first novel, “The Bonfire of the Vanities.” Skewering everyone from self-absorbed Wall Street millionaires to hucksterish street politicians, the sprawling satire painted a picture of a New York declining inexorably into racial conflict, crime and greed. … The novel tapped, to electrifying effect, a vein of anxiety that defined 1980s New York. … To some New Yorkers, Mr. Wolfe’s satire was bitingly accurate, nailing both a racist criminal justice system and the politicians who played on white fear and minority anger for personal gain. To others, it was a cynical endorsement of...

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Dec 10th 2007
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