Tom Wolfe’s story of a New York bond trader caught up in a hit-and-run accident magnificently skewers the greed of 1990s New York, even as it tells a larger story about power and access and how both can serve to warp democratic ideals.
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11 best political books of all time
Here, according to the staff at Politics & Prose, are 11 of the best political books of all time.
7. "The Bonfire of the Vanities," by Tom Wolfe
