Stars and Bars - Hardcover

Boyd, William

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241113431 ISBN 13: 9780241113431

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1984

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All Henderson Dores dreams of is fitting in. But America, land of the loony millionaire and the subway poet, down-home Bible-basher 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?

This hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy, which Boyd also adapted for screen for the 1980s film starring Daniel Day Lewis, was described in the Guardian as, ‘Splittingly shrewd and engaging ... with an extra and uneasy little something fretting away at the ribald content’.

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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"

"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

About the Author:

William Boyd was born in Ghana in 1952. He was brought up there and in Nigeria. He was educated at the universities of Nice, Glasgow and Oxford. He is the author of a number of acclaimed and hugely popular novels and three volumes of short stories, and the recipient of many prizes, including the Whitbread First Novel Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Sunday Express Book of the Year Award. He is married and lives in London

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