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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 ...
- D. B. C. Pierre
- 2003
Der Roman Jesus von Texas (englischer Originaltitel Vernon God Little) ist das Erstlingswerk des Schriftstellers DBC Pierre. Die medien- und gesellschaftskritische Satire erzählt aus der Perspektive eines Jugendlichen die Folgen eines High-School-Amoklaufes . Pierres Debütroman erschien erstmals 2003 im britischen Faber-and-Faber-Verlag.
1. Jan. 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.
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Vernon God Little is a provocatively satirical, riotously funny look at violence, materialism, and the American media. Winner of the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel A New York Times Notable Book A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year DBC Pierre is the pen name of Peter Finlay, who was born in Australia in 1961 and divided most of the first twenty-three years of his life between ...
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Vernon God Little: A 21st Century Comedy in the Presence of Death. Winner of the Booker Prize 2003, Whitbread First Novel Award 2003 and the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2003 | Pierre, DBC | ISBN: 9780571215171 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon.
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16. Juni 2011 · Books. Vernon God Little. 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 ...
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.
