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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 extroverts 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. Still, if it doesn’t kill you, they say it can only make you stronger…
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Stars and Bars, William Boyd
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- Released
- 1984
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- Title
- Stars and Bars
- Language
- English
- Authors
- William Boyd
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Released
- 1984
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 255
- ISBN10
- 0241113431
- ISBN13
- 9780241113431
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Humor, Contemporary Fiction, USA, British Literature, Death, New York, Satire, American South, Daughters, English Humor, English People
- First published
- 1984
- Original title
- Stars and Bars
- Rating
- 3.45 out of 5
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- 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 extroverts 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. Still, if it doesn’t kill you, they say it can only make you stronger…