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Bonfire of the Vanities by John MacDonald, Tom Wolfe

amb3rlina's review

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4.0

It's hard for me to articulate how I feel about this book. There is so much going on in the book - a strong sense of time and place, some totally crazy characters, a great story line, and some great moral nuggets. But it's still hard for me to really connect with the book because it's so incredibly MALE in its perspective, and the language is so harsh that it was hard for me really sink in. I guess some of that shock and discomfort is what makes it effective. I hadn't read Tom Wolfe before and while I certainly don't think we'd be fast friends, he certainly is a talent.
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