The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress

from rainpebble

The Girl in the Polka-Dot Dress by Beryl Bainbridge; (2 1/2*) This was my first attempt with Beryl Bainbridge's writing and I must admit she seems to me to be an acquired taste. This particular story is filled with weird characterization and situations, unanswered questions and bizaar happenings....

from bostonbibliophile

Wow, the first Europa I didn't like. I just couldn't connect with this story about two people on a road trip to California to find the mysterious Mr. Wheeler. Who are these people? Why are they making the trip? Bainbridge tells the story with less than the minimum exposition; you have to feel you...

from etxgardener

Beryl Bainbridge was famous for writing fiction strewn with mordant humor and this, her last (and unfinished) novel is no exception. The author was in the process of writing this book when she died of cancer in 2010 and the final book was brought to publication by her editor. This probably accoun...

from Ameise1

This was a nice reading. I loved Bainbridge's spelling style. Within the story I liked the journey through the USA from the view of two completely different persons who were looking both to find a Mr. Wheeler. Whereas Harold was looking to the task ahead, Rose was living in the past and her memor...

from countrylife

I did not realize until the end that The Girl in the Polka-dot Dress was an unfinished work. But the story itself was so jerky, that the ending didn't seem to matter. Two odd ducks - an awkward English girl and a secretive American guy, a camper road-trip from Baltimore to California to find the ...