Bonfire of the Vanities
By Tom Wolfe
Summary
Tom Wolfe’s 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.
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Quotations
““A lie may fool someone else, but it tells you the truth: you’re weak."
“They don’t alter that dogs personality with dog biscuits or pills. They chain it up, and beat it some more, until it turns and bares its fangs and is ready for the final fight every time it hears a sound’ . . . well in that situation dogs are smarter than humans,’ said Sherman. ‘The dog doesn’t cling to the notion that he’s a fabulous housepet in some terrific dog show, the way man does. The dog gets the idea. The dog knows when it’s time to turn into an animal and fight.”
“They don’t alter that dogs personality with dog biscuits or pills. They chain it up, and beat it some more, until it turns and bares its fangs and is ready for the final fight every time it hears a sound’ . . . well in that situation dogs are smarter than humans,’ said Sherman. ‘The dog doesn’t cling to the notion that he’s a fabulous housepet in some terrific dog show, the way man does. The dog gets the idea. The dog knows when it’s time to turn into an animal and fight.”