In “the bonfire of the vanities” by Tom Wolfe, this is ridiculed with the auction for an absurd statue which will become priceless because the author has sugges

In “the bonfire of the vanities” by Tom Wolfe, this is ridiculed with the auction for an absurd statue which will become priceless because the author has suggested is going to commit suicide (or has alreay, I forget). The auction is hilarious.