The Bonfire of the Vanities
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Narrated by:
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Todd Boyce
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By:
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Tom Wolfe
About this listen
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 accident in the Bronx. Prosecutors, newspaper hacks, politicians and clergy close in on him, determined to bring him down.
Exuberant, scandalous and exceptionally discerning, The Bonfire of the Vanities was Tom Wolfe's first venture into fiction and cemented his reputation as the foremost chronicler of his age.
‘The air of New York crackles with an energy that causes the adrenalin to pump… The feeling is perfectly reproduced in Wolfe's novel… Electric'–Sunday Times
‘The quintessential novel of The Eighties'–The Guardian
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-11-24
Masterpiece
I would recommend this audiobook very highly indeed to those who might have read it years ago and to those who haven’t. Fascinating how little has changed in the 30+ years since it was published. Love the timelessness of this absolutely delicious and utterly more-ish tale.
The narrator was clearly the man for this job. How he kept the many New Yorkers distinct from one another in the first place is a mystery - but he did & how!
The characters are all special creations. New Yorkers. Italian, Irish, Jewish, working class, upper class - all perfection. And the British characters are fabulous.
What a gripping and very very funny listen.
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- hotteststickofglue
- 13-12-24
A redpill masterpiece, magnificently performed
A book from an author at the peak of his literary powers, performed by a man who not only can brilliantly recreate 50 different shades of New York accent (as well as a wide variety of others), but reads this book like he wrote it himself, I cannot recommend this book highly enough for anyone wishing to understand the nature of modern America. Although this book was written in the 1980s, its themes have never been more timely than now, and remind readers that the problems plaguing America back then have only gotten worse. But this book is far from a political treatise, rather it is a sharply observed, fast moving, entertaining tome that pulls no punches on the dark side of human nature.
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- Kristos
- 27-11-24
A surprisingly tense 30 hours
Normally would expect an audiobook this long to have a certain number of sluggish bits, but there weren't many at all. There's a very tightly plotted legal saga underpinning all the '80s caricatures.
The narrator possessed quite an arsenal of "Noo Yoik" accents.
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- Kitty
- 28-11-24
Sense of place
Loved Character portrayals. Great narrator - just a great story but especially for audio. Read it years ago but only remembered crucial parts.
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