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Stars and Bars : A Novel
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by:
Boyd, William
Boyd, William
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Publisher:
Vintage
Published: July 10, 2001
ISBN: 0375705015
Format:Paperback
Pages:336
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Book Description
From Publishers Weekly
Very shy and utterly British Henderson Dores comes to New York to work as an art expert. His strongest desire is to become a "real," spontaneous American, which occurs in unusual fashion after a painful trip to the South. PW gave
a rebel yell for Stars and Bars, noting that it "pokes fun at the British and Americans, at lifestyles and responsibilities, at life in general."
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable
edition of this title.
Review
?William Boyd has written a perfect book. He is funnier than Evelyn Waugh.??Los Angeles Times
?Stands in the great tradition of the English comic novel.??The Boston Globe
?There?s hardly a writer
around whose work offers more pleasure and satisfaction.??The Washington Post
Book Description
Sharply observed and brilliantly plotted, Stars and Bars is an uproarious portrait of culture clash deep in the heart of the American South, by one
of contemporary literature's most imaginative novelists.
A recent transfer to Manhattan has inspired art assessor Henderson Dores to shed his British reserve and aspire to the impulsive and breezy nature of Americans. But when Loomis Gage, an
eccentric millionaire, invites him to appraise his small collection of Impressionist paintings, Dores's plans quite literally go south. Stranded at a remote mansion in the Georgia countryside, Dores is received by the bizarre Gage family with Anglophobic
slurs, nausea-inducing food, ludicrous death threats, and a menacing face off with competing art dealers. By the time he manages to sneak back to New York City-sporting only a cardboard box-Henderson Dores realizes he is fast on the way to becoming a
naturalized citizen.
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