Vernon God Little
D. B. C. Pierre
A different book, it took a while to get used to the
poor-south-Texan vernacular. The narrator is a bright but
disadvantaged teenager who gets caught up in the aftermath of a
school shooting. The somewhat Neanderthal authorities of the
town, most of whom are apparently members of the same unpleasant
family, imprison him and things go from bad to worse. The book is
populated mostly by an unpleasant cast of ne're-do-wells,
shsyters and the terminally stupid.
It's terrific, however, rising above all that to deliver many
surprises including an amazing ending.
Read it.
Seán 26/9/04
Not an easy read, but it became amusing after a while. It is a
satire on reality shows and has a strange, but not beyond
imagination, ending. Guardedly recommended.
Andrew 24/10/04
The frames have
gone all funny - click to make it good.