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Plot synopsis. The life of Vernon Little, a normal teenager who lives in Martirio, Texas, falls apart when his best friend, Jesus Navarro, murders their classmates in the schoolyard before killing himself, and Vernon is taken in for questioning. He cooperates with Deputy Vaine Gurie, because he had been running an errand for a teacher, Mr ...
Jan 1, 2003 · DBC Pierre is an Australian-born writer currently residing in Ireland. Born Peter Warren Finlay, the "DBC" stands for "Dirty But Clean". "Pierre" was a nickname bestowed on him by childhood friends after a cartoon character of that name. Pierre was awarded the Booker Prize for fiction on 14 October 2003 for his novel Vernon God Little.
Jun 16, 2011 · DBC Pierre. Canongate Books, Jun 16, 2011 - Fiction - 304 pages. In the town jail of Martirio – the barbecue sauce capital of Central Texas – sits fifteen-year-old Vernon Little, dressed only in New Jack trainers and underpants. He is in trouble. His friend Jesus has just blown away sixteen of his classmates before turning the gun on himself.
Jan 20, 2003 · In DBC Pierre’s darkly comic debut novel, an acerbic, foul-mouthed 15-year-old boy goes on the run after a mass shooting at his Texas high school. Vernon Gregory Little has secrets, but none of them, or so he assumes, have anything to do with the recent massacre of sixteen students at his high school. But the quirky Texan backwater of ...
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre - winner of the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Prize in 2003 - is a controversial and astonishing reminder that desperate times throw up the unlikeliest of heroes.
Aug 7, 2012 · Vernon God Little. DBC Pierre. Open Road + Grove/Atlantic, Aug 7, 2012 - Fiction - 288 pages. “If Huckleberry Finn were set on the Mexican-American border and written by the creators of South Park, it might read something like this.” —San Francisco Chronicle. Hailed by critics and lauded by readers for its riotously funny and scathing ...
Imprint Grove Paperback. Page Count 288. Publication Date August 07, 2012. ISBN-13 978-0-8021-7095-8. Dimensions 5.5" x 8.25". US List Price $14.95. DBC Pierre is also the author of the Man Booker Prize winner Vernon God Little, Lights Out in Wonderlandand Ludmilla’s Broken English. Read More About DBC Pierre.
