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Vernon God Little
Vernon God Little
DBC Pierre (born 1961)
English editions
Written in EnglishVernon God Little
Faber and Faber · United Kingdom · 2004 · 279 pages
Vernon God Little
Canongate · United States · 1 October 2003
Vernon God Little
Faber and Faber · United Kingdom · 2003 · 288 pages
Vernon God Little
Grove Press · United States · 7 August 2012 · Paperback · 288 pages
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In Martirio, a barbecue-loving oil town in central Texas, Vernon Little's friend Jesus Navarro, tormented by his classmates, has killed sixteen of them and then himself. Vernon, fifteen, is innocent, but he is held as a possible accomplice, and a mendacious would-be television reporter, Lally, sets out to make him the face of the crime while charming Vernon's mother. Narrating in a sardonic, foul-mouthed teenage voice, Vernon describes his mother and her friends, his obsessions and his worsening plight, and flees to Mexico, only to be lured back. Soon he is accused of far more killings and becomes a contestant in a reality show about death row.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Satire, Crime (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- United States, Mexico
- First published
- 2003
- Author's age
- 42 when first published
- ISBN
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9781841954608 (Canongate, United States)
9780571215171 (Faber and Faber, United Kingdom)
9780571215164 (Faber and Faber, United Kingdom)
9780802170958 (Grove Press, United States)
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