1980s New York City. Sherman McCoy, a married investment banker in Manhattan, is involved in a freak accident while out on the town with his mistress. A young Black boy is left hospitalized. McCoy is blamed, though his mistress was driving. When journalist Peter Fallow inflames public opinion with a series of distorted tabloid articles on the accident, the case is seized upon by opportunists like Reverend Bacon and mayoral candidate D.A. Abe Weiss, who twist the ongoing publicity to their own benefit. -- adapted from Goodreads and IMDB
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