Bonfire of the Vanities

Rebuilding Edith Wharton's House of Mirth

Lev Raphael | Posted 08.02.2011

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Lev Raphael

Certain books change your life, and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth changed mine. The novel's brilliance blew me away in college, deepening my desi...

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Great Books Don't Have To Be Bad Movies

The Guardian | Jonathan Coe | Posted 06.04.2011

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In the course of their famous book-length interview, François Truffaut once asked Alfred Hitchcock about his approach to literary adaptation, and Hit...

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Real-Life "Bonfire" Judge Roberts Dies

AP | BETH J. HARPAZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Burton B. Roberts, the outspoken judge who was the model for the cranky jurist in "The Bonfire of the Vanities," has died. He was 88....

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They're Parasites

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert S. McElvaine

While "pirates," "banksters," "roaches," and "leeches" are all apt words to describe the arrogant Wall Streeters we saw testifying this week, there is a more accurate scientific term -- it is time to call a parasite a parasite.

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Tom Wolfe: The Rich Have Feelings Too - Vanity Fair

Posted 05.25.2011

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Do the rich have feelings too? In the latest issue of Vanity Fair, Tom Wolfe, who famously chronicled the buyout kings of the 1980s in The Bonfire Of ...

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Bonfire of the Insanities

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Dorfman

With mounting evidence of better days ahead for both the economy and the stock market, many bears have toned down their negative comments and are running for cover. Bud Conrad is not among them.

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Toyota Projects First-Ever Annual Loss; Congress Disses Detroit

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Parker

Congress took a perverse pleasure in giving Detroit's CEOs and the UAW president the third degree -- unnecessary theater while our country suffers this economic decline.

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Tom Wolfe: Neither McCain Nor Obama Has "The Right Stuff"

Greg Boose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Greg Boose

Wolfe quickly responded: "I'm voting for John Silber, a write-in vote."

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20 Years After "Bonfire," Rich White Bankers Still Rule NYC

The Guardian (U.K.) | Paul Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Thompson remembers vividly what happened when he opened The Bonfire of the Vanities, the chronicle of Eighties New York that captured the city ...

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