Title: A big disappointment
Product review: Tom Wolfe is one of my favorite writers, and BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES one of my favorite books. Imagine my anticipation when I opened this book -- and my disappointment when I closed it. To me it was a sad rehash of BONFIRE, an attempt to jam every two-dimensional stereotypical character into a novel that would lampoon all of our society's quirks. I couldn't muster up any real interest in any of these people, no matter how sympathetically they were painted. The entire plot, including its creaky ending, seemed to be a BONFIRE rewrite, transplanted to Atlanta. If you're interested in horse breeding, one scene may interest you. If not, check out ELECTRIC KOOL -AID ACID TESTS or BONFIRE.
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