The Bonfire of the Vanities | Characters
The Bonfire of the Vanities traces the descent of Sherman McCoy from the heights of financial success on Wall Street and Park Avenue through his arrest and arraignment in the bowels of the Bronx County Building to his contemplation of suicide. At the beginning of the novel, Sherman fancies himself "A Master of the Universe," a titan, a mover and shaker of world finance. He is so wrapped up in himself that he sees his wealth and status as license for his various indulgences: expensive clothing, his affair with Maria Ruskin, his solipsism, and his credo "insulate, insulate."
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