The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress

The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress
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In the tumultuous spring of 1968 a young English woman, Rose, travels from London to the United States to meet a man she knows as Washington Harold. In her suitcase are a polka dot dress and a one-way ticket. In an America recently convulsed by the April assassination of Martin Luther King and subsequent urban riots, they begin a search for the charismatic and elusive Dr. Wheeler- sage, prophet and, possibly, redeemer-who rescued Rose from a dreadful childhood and against whom Harold holds a seething grudge.

As they follow their quarry cross-country in a camper they encounter the odd remnants of Wheeler acolytes who harbor festering cultural and political grievances. Along the way, a famous artist is shot in New York, mutilated soldiers are evacuated from Vietnam, race hatred explodes in ghettos and suburbs and casual madness blossoms at revival meetings.

Many believe America's only hope is presidential candidate Robert Kennedy, whose campaign trail echoes Rose and Harold's pilgrimage. Both will conclude in Los Angeles at the Ambassador Hotel one infamous night in June.

Subversive, sinister and marvelously vivid, Beryl Bainbridge's great last novel evokes a nation on the brink of self-destruction with artful brilliance.
Country USA
Brand Europa Editions
Manufacturer Europa Editions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber new18-201510-09-b0004411
ReleaseDate 2011-08-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781609450564

Country	USA
Brand	Europa Editions
Manufacturer	Europa Editions
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	new18-201510-09-b0004411
ReleaseDate	2011-08-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781609450564

The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress

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