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The bonfire of the vanities a novel

Set in New York City, this novel tells the story of a high-powered young investment banker and his fall from grace.

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  • "Een rijke effectenmakelaar in New York ziet zijn wereld in elkaar storten nadat hij is doorgereden na een verkeersongeval waarvan een zwarte jongen het slachtoffer werd."
  • "Set in New York City, this novel tells the story of a high-powered young investment banker and his fall from grace."@en
  • "A 1980's New York investment banker has a freak accident which brings him unwelcome attention from many sections of the community. Includes detailed observations of people and places."@en
  • "Sherman McCoy is on the way to having it made. A red-hot young investment banker with a 14-room apartment in Manhattan, he splits in panic from a freak accident in the Bronx. But circumstances conspire against him, not to mention police, press, politicians and prosecutors."
  • "Sherman McCoy is on the way to having it made. A red-hot young investment banker with a 14-room apartment in Manhattan, he splits in panic from a freak accident in the Bronx. But circumstances conspire against him, not to mention police, press, politicians and prosecutors."@en
  • "Sherman McCoy, an elite Wall Street bond trader has it all: 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."@en
  • "The story surrounds the fall from grace of wealthy Manhatten investment banker, Sherman McCoy, and how a freak accident affects the lives of many characters from vastly different walks of life. The criminal justice system, the yellow press, the police, the clergy and the elitist world of Wall Street and Fifth Avenue are portrayed in this panoramic novel of New York life."
  • "Modern American satire tells the story of Sherman McCoy, a Wall Street "Master of the Universe" who has it all -- a Park Avenue apartment, a job that brings wealth, power and prestige, a beautiful wife, an even more beautiful mistress. Suddenly, one wrong turn makes it all go wrong, and Sherman spirals downward in a sudden fall from grace that sucks him into the ravenous heart of a New York City gone mad during the go-go, racially turbulent, socially hilarious 1980s."@en
  • "Sherman McCoy, a young investment banker in Manhattan, finds himself arrested following a freak accident and becomes involved with prosecutors, politicians, the press, and assorted hustlers."@en

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  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Legal stories"
  • "Legal stories"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Audiobooks, Fiction"@en

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  • "Bonfire of the vanities"
  • "The bonfire of the vanities a novel"@en
  • "The bonfire of the vanities [a novel]"@en
  • "The bonfire of the vanities : a novel"
  • "The bonfire of the vanities"
  • "The bonfire of the vanities"@en

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