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02450adm a2200301 4500 001 B863829C515911E1900500AE6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120207010153 008 110823s2011|||||||||u||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1609450566 ((pbk.)) 020 $a 9781609450564 ((pbk.)) 040 $a JAI $c JAI $d SILO $d NVC $d BTCTA $d CZA $d ZS3 $d GPI $d GO3 $d IG$ $d JQW $d BWX $d IEP $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Bainbridge, Beryl, $d 1932-2010. 245 1 $a The girl in the polka-dot dress / $c by Beryl Bainbridge. 260 $a New York : $b Europa Editions, $c 2011. 300 $a 162 p. : $b ill. ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a "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."-- Publisher's description. 541 $d 20120104. 600 10 $a Kennedy, Robert F $d 1925-1968 $x Assassination $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Presidential candidates $x Crimes against $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a English $z United States $v Fiction. 651 0 $a United States $x Social life and customs $y 1945-1970 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y 1961-1969 $v Fiction. 655 0 $a Humorous stories. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 941 $a 1 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20170523013324.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B863829C515911E1900500AE6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search