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Stars and Bars
Bill Buford (Ed.)
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Description for Stars and Bars
Paperback. All Henderson Dores dreams of is fitting in. But America, land of the loony millionaire and the subway poet, and sharp-suited hood, of paralysing personal frankness and surreally fantasized facilities, is hard enough for an Englishman to fit in to. Henderson could never shed enough inhibitions to become just another weirdo. Or could he? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
'One of the comic masterpieces' Daily Telegraph ______________________________________ Henderson Dores is an Englishman in New York - and completely out of his depth. He should be concentrating on his job as an art assessor, but his complicated personal life keeps intruding. And that's before we even get to his sense of alienation, of being a fish out of water. For Henderson is a shy man lost in a country of extraverts and weirdos. Subway poets, loony millionaires, Bible-bashers and sharp-suited hoods stalk him wherever he goes. But it is only when he's ... Read more
'One of the comic masterpieces' Daily Telegraph ______________________________________ Henderson Dores is an Englishman in New York - and completely out of his depth. He should be concentrating on his job as an art assessor, but his complicated personal life keeps intruding. And that's before we even get to his sense of alienation, of being a fish out of water. For Henderson is a shy man lost in a country of extraverts and weirdos. Subway poets, loony millionaires, Bible-bashers and sharp-suited hoods stalk him wherever he goes. But it is only when he's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141046921
SKU
V9780141046921
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About Bill Buford (Ed.)
William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of fifteen highly acclaimed, bestselling novels and five collections of stories. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France.
Reviews for Stars and Bars
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