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Book Description: Faber & Faber. Paperback. Book Condition: New. UNUSED, BRAND NEW, NOT EX-LIBRARY, PAPERBACK ISBN: 0571216420 First Paperback Edition, 288 pages. (So Vernon does what any red-blooded American teenager would do; he takes off for Mexico. Vernon God Little is a provocatively satirical, riotously funny look at violence, materialism, and the American media.It also heralds the arrival of one of the most exciting and acclaimed voices in contemporary fiction, who with this debut novel illustrates that in modern times innocence and basic humanity may not be enough.)Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2003. book. Bookseller Inventory # 1167

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Book Description: Book Condition: New. Ships From Canada. New. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). 279 p. Audience: General/trade. Book Description: Fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little is in trouble. And it has something to do with the recent massacre of 16 students at his high school. News of the tragedy serves as an open invitation to the media, and soon the quirky backwater of Martirio is flooded with wannabe CNN hacks all too keen to lay the blame for the killings at Vernon s feet. Eulalio Ledesma, in particular, sniffs out his opportunity to make good at Vernon s expense, and soon Vernon finds himself drawn into a series of increasingly bizarre (to say nothing of life-threatening) circumstances. Eventually, with the LSD safely deposited and diluted in the ginseng, he succumbs to the workings of Fate and takes off for Mexico and a date or so he hopes with the divine Taylor Figueroa. Peopled by a cast of grotesques, freaks, cold-blooded chattering housewives, and one very special adolescent with an unfortu. Bookseller Inventory # 9249058466

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Book Description: Faber and Faber, London, 2003. Trade Paperback. Book Condition: NEW. 1st Edition. IN stock and ships NOW. Bookseller Inventory # 004296

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Book Description: Faber & Faber, 2003. Soft cover. Book Condition: New. Book Description: Fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little is in trouble. And it has something to do with the recent massacre of 16 students at his high school. News of the tragedy serves as an open invitation to the media, and soon the quirky backwater of Martirio is flooded with wannabe CNN hacks all too keen to lay the blame for the killings at Vernon’s feet. Eulalio Ledesma, in particular, sniffs out his opportunity to make good at Vernon’s expense, and soon Vernon finds himself drawn into a series of increasingly bizarre (to say nothing of life-threatening) circumstances. Eventually, with the LSD safely deposited and diluted in the ginseng, he succumbs to the workings of Fate and takes off for Mexico and a date—or so he hopes—with the divine Taylor Figueroa. Peopled by a cast of grotesques, freaks, cold-blooded chattering housewives, and one very special adolescent with an unfortunate talent for being in the wrong place at the right time, Vernon God Little is a riotous adventure story that cuts a satirical swath through the heart of contemporary America. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. About the Author DBC Pierre was raised in Mexico between the ages of seven and twenty-three, although he has also travelled extensively. He lived a very privileged life in the milieu of that 2% of Mexico that holds the country's wealth, and spent much time in the USA. Despite a very unrealistic, or 'fairy-tale' childhood, he found himself more in tune as a child with the other 98% of Mexicans, and increasingly escaped home to run with the street crowd. When, at sixteen, his father fell gravely ill, he was largely entrusted with the family home, its cars and staff, and without recourse to counsel or reason, in his grief embarked upon a life of blithe self-destruction, alongside another half-dozen junior rakes. Only two of them survived their twenties, and then only just. 'Mexico, with its contrasts, its crushing poverty and sparkling wealth, its institutionalised corruption and cultural wisdom, its love of life and its embracing of death, undoubtedly set me on a path toward the deep end, philosophically and emotionally speaking. A fast and careless life had put me in tune with the common man, for whom a throw of the dice would mean life or death. When, as a teenager, I set out for Texas to bring cars over the border, I saw that the same divides applied to the richest country on earth. Truest kinship was found in a group of homeless derelicts who camped under a bridge beside where I used to stay. It is in their broken-down lives that the seeds for Vernon were planted.' DBC Pierre has worked as a designer and cartoonist, and currently lives in Ireland. Vernon God Little, his first novel, was awarded the 2003 Bollinger Everyman Woodhouse Award. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Bookseller Inventory # ABE-980695730

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