The Bonfire of the Vanities

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The Bonfire of the Vanities

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Brian De Palma
The 1980s and ’90s
…the Vanities, Tom Wolfe’s best-selling novel of greed and corruption. However, the film was unable to effectively convey the novel’s satire, and the miscasting of Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith, and—most notably—Bruce Willis added to its problems. In the end, The Bonfire of the Vanities became one of the most-notable failures…
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…the Vanities, Tom Wolfe’s best-selling novel of greed and corruption. However, the film was unable to effectively convey the novel’s satire, and the miscasting of Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith, and—most notably—Bruce Willis added to its problems. In the end, The Bonfire of the Vanities became one of the most-notable failures…
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Tom Wolfe
His first two novels were The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987; film 1990), a sprawling novel about urban greed and corruption, and A Man in Full (1998), a colorful panoramic depiction of contemporary Atlanta. Wolfe’s Hooking Up (2000) is a collection of fiction and essays, all previously published except for…
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His first two novels were The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987; film 1990), a sprawling novel about urban greed and corruption, and A Man in Full (1998), a colorful panoramic depiction of contemporary Atlanta. Wolfe’s Hooking Up (2000) is a collection of fiction and essays, all previously published except for…
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