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What Tom Wolfe novel is named after a 1497 ritual that Savonarola led involving mirrors?

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The Bonfire of the Vanities
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The answer is "Bonfire of the Vanities".


The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 novel by Tom Wolfe. The story is a show about aspiration, prejudice, social class, governmental issues, and eagerness in 1980s New York City and focuses on three fundamental characters: WASP security dealer Sherman McCoy, Jewish right hand lead prosecutor Larry Kramer, and British ostracize columnist Peter Fallow.

The novel was initially considered as a serial in the style of Charles Dickens' works; it kept running in 27 portions in Rolling Stone beginning in 1984.

The title is a reference to the verifiable Bonfire of the Vanities, which occurred in 1497 in Florence, Italy, when the city was under the administer of the Dominican minister Girolamo Savonarola.

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