Stars and Bars
of William Boyd
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 literatureâs 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 Cityâsporting only a cardboard boxâHenderson Dores realizes he is fast on the way to becoming a naturalized citizen.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 348 pages
- Publisher Penguin
- Publication Date 1985
- First Publication 01/01/84
- Language English
- ISBN 9780140075960
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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