Bonfire Of The Vanities Elaine A silver-tongued poet or a

A silver-tongued poet or a pervert

split personality and obscure science

until the State puts a stop to his riotous excesses

taking in con men

at first a seeming undifferentiated white

Bonfire Of The Vanities Elaine A silver-tongued poet or aAuthor: Wolfe, Tom ISBN: 9780099541271 Format: Paperback Publisher: Vintage An exhilarating satire of Eighties excess that captures the effervescent spirit of New York, from one of the greatest writers of modern American prose 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