{"product_id":"paris-trout-book-pete-dexter-9780006545477","title":"Paris Trout","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eParis Trout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A masterpiece, complex and breathtaking . . .  Pete] Dexter portrays his characters with marvelous sharpness.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A psychological spellbinder that will take your breath away and probably interfere with your sleep.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cb\u003e--William Styron\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dexter's powerfully emotional novel doesn't have any brakes. Hang on, because you won't be able to stop until the finish.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49580138397969,"sku":"GOR001177061","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49664693895441,"sku":"GOR001844124","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50709556560145,"sku":"GOR012839956","price":13.69,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52476491399441,"sku":"NLS9780006545477","price":27.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53252006871313,"sku":"GOR001725949","price":13.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0006545475.jpg?v=1750938858","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/paris-trout-book-pete-dexter-9780006545477","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}