All Henderson Dores dreams of is fitting in.
Or could he? This hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy, which Boyd also adapted for screen for the 1980s film starring Daniel Day Lewis, was described.
Henderson could never shed enough inhibitions to become just another weirdo.
But America, land of the loony millionaire and the subway poet, down-home Bible-basher and sharp-suited hood, of paralysing personal frankness and surreally fantasized facilities, is hard enough for an Englishman to fit in to.
All Henderson Dores dreams of is fitting in