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Stars and Bars, the third novel by Scottish author William Boyd, was first published in 1984 in the United Kingdom by Hamish Hamilton, and in 1985 in the United States by William Morrow & Co. Boyd subsequently developed it as a screenplay and it was released as a film in 1988.
- William Boyd
- 1984
1 gen 1984 · 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 paralyzing personal frankness and surreally fantasized facilities, is hard enough for an Englishman to fit in to.
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10 lug 2001 · 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.
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- William Boyd
- William Boyd
- 1984
William Boyd: Stars and Bars. This is the first novel Boyd wrote after becoming a full-time writer. It tells the story of Henderson Dores, a Englishman sent by his employers, an art auction company, to the Deep South of the United States to purchase a fabulous art collection from an American millionaire. The basis for much of the novel is that ...
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.
- Paperback
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 sent to America’s deep South to examine a rare collection of paintings that matters take a life-threatening turn.
Stars and Bars. William Boyd. Penguin Books, 1986 - Fiction - 334 pages. Sharply observed and brilliantly plotted, Stars and Bars is an uproarious portrait of culture clash deep in the heart of...
