Peter spies on a conversation between Maria and Sherman which confirms that Maria was behind the wheel at the time of the accident. Maria returns to the United States for the funeral.
During the dinner, Maria’s husband suffers a seizure and dies.
He meets with Maria’s husband at a fancy restaurant under the false pretenses of writing a story about the rich and the famous. Peter hears a rumor that it was Maria, not Sherman, behind the wheel of the car at the time of the accident, but she has fled the country. He’s placed on leave at work, and his wife leaves with their daughter. This was Sherman’s opportunity to save his home, and coupled with his impending indictment, his personal and professional life falls apart. Sherman’s legal issues begin to impact his work performance, and he is unable to secure an investor for a large bond project he’s working on. assigned to the case, Larry Kramer, struggles with self-esteem, so he seizes upon the case to impress Shelly Thomas, a woman he’d like to begin having an affair with. Reverend Bacon has vocally opposed Abe’s campaign, so to court African-American votes, Abe aggressively prosecutes Sherman. Peter writes stories that distort enough of the facts to incite social unrest, and one leader of an African-American group, Reverend Bacon, uses the accident as a spark to provoke social change.ĭistrict Attorney Abe Weiss, meanwhile, is in the midst of his reelection campaign. Albert Vogel, an unscrupulous attorney, learns of the accident, and passes information on to a friend of his, Peter Fallow, at the newspaper The City Light. Maria and Sherman decide to keep this encounter and the accident a secret. They speed off, with Maria behind the wheel, and when the car fishtails, it strikes one of the young men.
They are approached by two young African-American men whom Sherman perceives as a threat. While collecting Maria from the airport one night, Sherman makes a wrong turn in the Bronx. Sherman is engaging in an affair with Maria, a younger woman and the socialite wife of another millionaire from Park Avenue. Despite his success, the cost of maintaining the lifestyle and the appearance of success demanded by the people in his social circles-coupled with his wife’s extravagant spending habits-quickly deplete the family’s financial resources. He’s a successful New York City bond trader in the 1980swho lives with his wife and their young daughter in a Park Avenue Co-Op. The main character of the story is Sherman McCoy.
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