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Vernon God Little, his debut novel, won the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Award, and was followed by Ludmila's Broken English and Lights Out in Wonderland. He is also the author of a collection of short fictions, Petit Mal , and a Hammer novella, Breakfast with the Borgias.
- DBC Pierre
You know it, I know it."" "Peopled by a cast of grotesques, freaks, cold-blooded chattering housewives (who are all mysteriously, recently widowed), and one very special adolescent with an unfortunate talent for being in the wrong place at the right time, Vernon God Little is riotously funny and puts lust for vengeance, materialism, and trial by media squarely in the dock."--BOOK JACKET.
Vernon God Little is the debut novel by Australian-born author DBC Pierre, first published in 2003. A darkly comic novel, it focuses on the title teenager, Vernon Little, who lives in a small town in Texas in the aftermath of a horrible school shooting where Vernon’s best friend killed sixteen students followed by himself.
8. Feb. 2011 · Vernon God Little - review. Young Vic, London. Michael Billington. Mon 7 Feb 2011 19.34 EST. W hen it first appeared in 2007 Tanya Ronder's adaptation of DBC Pierre's prize-winning novel was ...
Vernon God Little D. B. C. Pierre No preview available - 2003. View all » About the author (2008) Born in Australia, DBC Pierre spent a lavish upbringing in Mexico learning the tools of his undoing. He undid himself on three continents during his twentie ...
6. Sept. 2012 · Vernon God Little by D. B. C. Pierre. Publication date 2004 Topics Cultural Literacy and Humanities, Reading Level-Adult Publisher Harcourt Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language E ...
20. Jan. 2003 · The only novel to be set in the barbecue sauce capital of Central Texas, Vernon God Little suggests that desperate times throw up the most unlikely of heroes. Publisher: Faber & Faber. ISBN: 9780571215164. Number of pages: 288. Weight: 231 g.
