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The Girl In The Polka Dot Dress Beryl Bainbridge

The Girl In The Polka Dot Dress By Beryl Bainbridge

The Girl In The Polka Dot Dress by Beryl Bainbridge


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Summary

* The new and last Beryl Bainbridge is a double murder mystery and a bittersweet masterpiece of the kind with which she has made her reputation

The Girl In The Polka Dot Dress Summary

The Girl In The Polka Dot Dress by Beryl Bainbridge

In the summer of 1968, Rose sets off for the United States from Kentish Town; in her suitcase a polka-dot dress and a one-way ticket. Together with the sinister man known only as Washington Harold, she goes in search of the charismatic and elusive Dr Wheeler - the man Rose credits with rescuing her from a terrible childhood, and against whom Harold nurses a silent grudge.

As the odd couple journey across an America on the brink of paranoid disintegration, their journey mirrors that of Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign. As they draw ever closer to the elusive Dr Wheeler, one hot day in June at the Ambassador Hotel in LA, their search finally reaches its terrible climax.

The Girl In The Polka Dot Dress Reviews

Ranks among the finest of Bainbridge's fine works of fiction . . . Sombre, terrifying and hilarious -- Paul Bailey * Independent *
A tour de force . . . the comedy is marvellously black -- Mark Bostridge * Financial Times *
The Girl in the Polka-dot Dress is very gripping, very funny and deeply mysterious . . . Washington Harold is a superbly self-preoccupied monster, one of Bainbridge's best creations -- A. N. Wilson * Spectator *
Blazes with Bainbridge's unique talent . . . The Girl in the Polka-dot Dress is a superb and memorable work of fiction -- Melvyn Bragg * Observer *

About Beryl Bainbridge

Beryl Bainbridge wrote seventeen novels, two travel books and five plays for stage and television, she was shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, and won literary awards including the Whitbread Prize and the Author of the Year Award at the British Book Awards. She died in July 2010.

Additional information

GOR004092086
9780349121468
034912146X
The Girl In The Polka Dot Dress by Beryl Bainbridge
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
2012-07-05
240
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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