{"product_id":"stars-and-bars-isbn-9780375705014","title":"Stars and Bars","description":"Sharply observed and brilliantly plotted, \u003cb\u003eStars and Bars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis an uproarious portrait of culture clash deep in the heart of the American South, by one of contemporary literature’s most imaginative novelists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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 City–sporting only a cardboard box–Henderson Dores realizes he is fast on the way to becoming a naturalized citizen.“William Boyd has written a perfect book. He is funnier than Evelyn Waugh.”\u003ci\u003e–Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Stands in the great tradition of the English comic novel.”–\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There’s hardly a writer around whose work offers more pleasure and satisfaction.”–\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Boyd’s first novel, \u003cb\u003eA Good Man in Africa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewon a Whitbread Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award; his second, \u003cb\u003eAn Ice-Cream War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewas awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; \u003cb\u003eBrazzaville Beach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewon the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; and \u003cb\u003eThe Blue Afternoon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction. Boyd lives in London.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303938937061,"sku":"NP9780375705014","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375705014.jpg?v=1767737261","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/stars-and-bars-isbn-9780375705014","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}