{"product_id":"9780241970386","title":"9780241970386","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStars and Bars\u003c\/i\u003e by novelist William Boyd is one of the comic masterpieces\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll Henderson Dores dreams of is fitting in. But America, land of the loony millionaire and the subway poet, down-home Bible-basher and sharp-suited hood, of paralysing personal frankness and surreally fantasized facilities, is hard enough for an Englishman to fit in to. Henderson could never shed enough inhibitions to become just another weirdo. Or could he? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy, which Boyd also adapted for screen for the 1980s film starring Daniel Day Lewis, was described in the Guardian as, 'Splittingly shrewd and engaging ... with an extra and uneasy little something fretting away at the ribald content'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStars and Bars\u003c\/i\u003e will be loved by fans of \u003ci\u003eAny Human Heart\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Good Man in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as readers of David Nicholls, Sebastian Faulks, Nick Hornby and Hilary Mantel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The wry laughter never stops ... the shrewdest pages yet from a master of wittymanipulation' Observer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180830867696,"sku":"9780241970386","price":12.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780241970386_p0.jpg?v=1763679725","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780241970386","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}