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Stars and Bars

by William Boyd · first published 1984

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. The book tells the tragicomic story of attempts by visiting British art appraiser Henderson Dore, in New York City and the Deep South, to negotiate the cultural differences between British and American approaches to conducting business. Reviewing the novel for The New York Times, Caroline Seebohm said: "Mr.

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Original language:
English
Year page:
1984

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