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Vernon God Little

Vernon God Little

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Product Code:
51-01
ISBN
954-321-044-6
SKU
02.0031
Year
26-10-2004
Pages
350
Size
130/200 мм
Weight
0.35 kg
Cover Type
Paperback
Genre
Modern Novels, Young Adult Novels

DBC Pierre

DBC Pierre

DBC Pierre (born Peter Finlay in 1961) is a writer who wrote the novel Vernon God Little. He was born in South Australia in 1961, before moving to Mexico, where Pierre was largely raised. He now resides in the Republic of Ireland. Pierre was awarded the 2003 Booker Prize for fiction for Vernon God Little, his first novel, becoming the third Australian-born author to be so honoured. Upon winning th…

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Hailed by the critics and lauded by readers for its riotously funny and scathing portrayal of America in an age of trial by media, materialism, and violence, Vernon God Little was an international sensation when it was first published in 2003 and awarded the prestigious Man Booker Prize.

The memorable portrait of America is seen through the eyes of a wry, young, protagonist. Fifteen-year-old Vernon narrates the story with a cynical twang and a four-letter barb for each of his townsfolk, a medley of characters. With a plot involving a school shooting and death-row reality TV shows, Pierre's effortless prose and dialogue combine to form a novel of postmodern gamesmanship.

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