Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I don’t read much fiction, so it is hard not to compare this in my mind with American Psycho, both novels that offer commentary on empty ‘80s lives funded by Wall Street careers. It seems Wolfe and Ellis both explored vapid personae that emerged from these money-filled pools. Wolfe found a frailty there, a glass palace that could easily be shattered by chance and happenstance. Ellis explored the self-destruction of and destruction fantasized by an exaggerated amoral stereotype that could prosper unmoored from real work and purpose.
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