{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "have you read Bonfire of the Vanities", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/180748978168/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: have you read Bonfire of the Vanities</div>\n<p>I got like halfway through, to the point where the WASP protagonist\u2019s dad bulls him into dismissing his earthy borough lawyer with entries in the favor bank in favor of a bond-issuance partner at his white-shoe firm</p><p>I borrowed (was given) it by a (family friend of a) friend in like Boulder that we stayed with on my post-college drive from suburban Philly to LA in late 2005, the wife saw how I\u2019d gotten through Looking For Mr. Goodbar already while they were golfing</p>"}