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A review by mborer23
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
3.0
Interesting look at New York in the 1980s, the old pre-Bloomberg, pre-Disney Big Rotten Apple, and its racial discord.
Bonfire boasts thoroughly unpleasant characters, biting satire, merciless dissection of characters into their most embarrassing, shameful thoughts and desires. It's a bit long-winded, as Wolfe tends to be, so read at your own risk.
Recommended companion reading: Julie Salomon's The Devil's Candy," about the impossible task of translating this sprawling opus into a 2-hour movie (which turned out to be a flop), and how it affected those involved.
Bonfire boasts thoroughly unpleasant characters, biting satire, merciless dissection of characters into their most embarrassing, shameful thoughts and desires. It's a bit long-winded, as Wolfe tends to be, so read at your own risk.
Recommended companion reading: Julie Salomon's The Devil's Candy," about the impossible task of translating this sprawling opus into a 2-hour movie (which turned out to be a flop), and how it affected those involved.