Monday, January 17, 2005
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
(288 pages)
Teenager Vernon Gregory Little's life has been changed by the Columbine-style slaughter of a group of students at his high school. Soon his hole-in-the-wall town is blanketed under a media siege, and Vernon finds himself blamed for the killing (rather than the real culprit, a friend of Vernon's). Eulalio Ledesma is his particular nemesis, manipulating things so that Vernon becomes the fulcrum for the bizarre and vengeful impulses of the townspeople of Martirio. After a truly surrealistic set of events, Vernon finds himself heading for a fateful assignation in Mexico with the delectable Taylor Figueros (everyone in the book has names as odd as the author's).
I am afraid that i didnt get on with this at all. I didnt find it funny and the profanity was un-necessary. I am not a prude and dont mind bad language, but this seemed excessive to me. Sorry!
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