Review of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) by Desson Thomson for Washington Post — 01 Jan 2000
This is comic-book coverage. If the strength of the novel was the interplay between Wolfe's dry-white reportage and the sensational, tabloid-tacky humorous events he wrote about, "Vanities"-the-movie just goes for the tacky jugular.
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This review of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) was written by Desson Thomson and published by Washington Post on 01 Jan 2000.
The Bonfire of the Vanities has generally received negative reviews.
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