Paris Trout by Pete Dexter

Paris Trout by Pete Dexter

Pete Dexter's National Book Award-winning tour de force tells the mesmerizing story of a shocking crime that shatters lives and exposes the hypocrisies of a small Southern town.

The time and place: Cotton Point, Georgia, just after World War I. The event: the murder of a fourteen-year-old black girl by a respected white citizen named Paris Trout, who feels he's done absolutely nothing wrong. As a trial looms, the crime eats away at the social fabric of Cotton Point, through its facade of manners and civility. Trout's indifference haunts his defense lawyer; his festering paranoia warps his timid, quiet wife; and Trout himself moves closer to madness as he becomes obsessed with his cause--and his vendettas.

Praise for Paris Trout

A masterpiece, complex and breathtaking . . . Pete] Dexter portrays his characters with marvelous sharpness.--Los Angeles Times

A psychological spellbinder that will take your breath away and probably interfere with your sleep.--The Washington Post Book World

Dexter's brilliant understanding of the Deep South has allowed him to capture much of its essence--its bitter class distinctions, its violence, its strangeness--with a fidelity of detail and an ear for speech that I have rarely encountered since Flannery O'Connor.--William Styron

Dexter's powerfully emotional novel doesn't have any brakes. Hang on, because you won't be able to stop until the finish.--Chicago Tribune

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ISBN 13	9780006545477
ISBN 10	0006545475
Titel	Paris Trout
Autor	Pete Dexter
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	HarperCollins Publishers
Erscheinungsjahr	1993-03-15
Seitenanzahl	200
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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