Paris Trout by Pete Dexter
LIKE NOBODY YOU AINT SPOKE TO YET," SHE SAYS QUIETLY, "I LIKE JESUS." THIS IS WRITING THAT STOPS YOUR BLOOD, BASED ON A TRUE STORY THAT PETE DEXTER HAS TRIED TO DIGEST SINCE THE AGE OF SEVEN, WHEN HE WITNESSED PART OF THE APOCRYPHAL CLIMAX OF THIS STORY. HE IS A WRITER TO BE RECKONED WITH, AND IN PARIS TROUT, HE DOES FOR THE RACE WARS IN THE SOUTH WHAT DON DELILLO DID FOR THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION IN LIBRA.Pete Dexter started his career as a U.S. Marine. In New Orleans, Louisiana, there is a post office. He quit mail because he wasn't very good at it, then got a job as a newspaper reporter in Florida, which he was not very good at, got married, and was not very good at it either. He became a newspaper columnist in Philadelphia, which he was quite good at, and he divorced, which you'd have to say he was quite good at because it only cost $300. Dexter remarried, won the National Book Award, and constructed a mansion in the desert so far away from civilization that no mail is delivered. He works at the post office six months a year, living proof of the proverb What goes around comes around--that is, you quit the post office, pal, and the post office quits you.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140122060 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140122060 |
| Title | Paris Trout |
| Author | Dexter Pete |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1989-10-26 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Winner of National Book Awards (Fiction) 1988 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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