{"product_id":"the-girl-in-the-polka-dot-dress-9781609450564","title":"The Girl in the Polka-Dot Dress","description":"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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609450564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/11\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/11\/2011 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/18\/2011 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/03\/2011 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Beryl Bainbridge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39397847498933,"sku":"9781609450564","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5922a50e-8470-4b85-9e8b-350d54a7f410.jpg?v=1615298251","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-girl-in-the-polka-dot-dress-9781609450564","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}