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Florence, Italy. Type. Burning of objects condemned by authorities as occasions of sin. Theme. Supporters of Dominican priest Girolamo Savonarola collected and publicly burned thousands of objects, such as cosmetics, art, and books. A bonfire of the vanities ( Italian: falò delle vanità) is a burning of objects condemned by religious ...
In this adaptation of the Tom Wolfe novel, powerful Wall Street executive Sherman McCoy (Tom Hanks) is riding with his greedy girlfriend, Maria (Melanie Griffith), when she makes a wrong turn and...
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Nov 1, 1987 · 81,030 ratings3,600 reviews. Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780553381344. The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 satirical novel by Tom Wolfe. The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City, and centers on three main characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district ...
Dec 21, 1990 · Based On The Novel by. Tom Wolfe. Tom Wolfe's saga about Sherman McCoy has by now become one of America's favorite urban legends, a cautionary tale about a "master of the universe" who was earning millions on Wall Street and enjoying the pleasures of his wife, his mistress and his seductive lifestyle when he made one fatal wrong turn off the ...
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Synopsis. New York City, 1985. Sherman McCoy (Tom Hanks) is a financial wünderkid who is about to earn a million dollars through a bonds scheme. His life looks perfect. His wife Judy (dark-haired Kim Cattrall) is a bit eccentric and posh, but she plays the perfect-mother-and-wife game to their only daughter Campbell (Kirsten Dunst).
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Feb 21, 2002 · The Bonfire of the Vanities. : Tom Wolfe. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Feb 21, 2002 - Fiction - 704 pages. Vintage Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities, the #1 bestseller that will forever define late-twentieth-century New York style.
