Bonfire of the Vanities (P/B)

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.