The Bonfire of the Vanities
From kwharrison13.com · Anti-library
The Bonfire of the Vanities
| Author | Tom Wolfe |
|---|---|
| Published | 1987 |
| Pages | 690 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Wolfe’s 1980s New York: a bond salesman who calls himself a Master of the Universe, one wrong turn into the Bronx, and the press, the courts and the boroughs that turn it into a case. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @WillManidis — offered, though it is a novel, in answer to “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” in his thread, June 2025 — the industry here being the bond desk.
- Brendan McCord — on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List (March 2026), in the Literature and Societal Critique section. The full list is on The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List.
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Tom Wolfe · Wall Street · Literature · Journalism — where this sits in the corpus.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.