{"product_id":"the-girl-in-the-polka-dot-dress-paperback-1","title":"The Girl in the Polka-Dot Dress - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeryl Bainbridge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSubversive, sinister and marvelously vivid, Beryl Bainbridge's great last novel evokes a nation on the brink of self-destruction with artful brilliance.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeryl Bainbridge\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of seventeen novels. \u003ci\u003eThe Dressmaker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bottle Factory Outing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Awfully Big Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvery Man For Himself\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMaster Georgie\u003c\/i\u003e were all finalists for the Booker Prize, and \u003ci\u003eEvery Man For Himself\u003c\/i\u003e won the Whitbread Novel of the Year Prize. The Guardian includes \u003ci\u003eThe Bottle Factory Outing\u003c\/i\u003e on their list of the 100 Greatest Novels of All Time. \u003ci\u003eAn Awfully Big Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted for a film starring Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeryl Bainbridge died in July 2010.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45819770863813,"sku":"9781609450564","price":22.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/IPJESghyCW9781609450564_21d22084-bca0-4021-b691-006d0291ddab.webp?v=1771067085","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-girl-in-the-polka-dot-dress-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}