WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE
WINNER OF THE WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL PRIZE
WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION
Meet fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little. Desperate times call for the most unlikely of heroes.
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 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.
'Startling . . . explosive and extravagantly satisfying.' Guardian
'Dangerous, smart, ridiculous and very funny.' New York Times
| ISBN: | 9780571215164 |
| Publication date: | 6th August 2020 |
| Author: | D B C Pierre |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 277 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE
WINNER OF THE WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL PRIZE
WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION
Meet fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little. Desperate times call for the most unlikely of heroes.
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 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.
'Startling . . . explosive and extravagantly satisfying.' Guardian
'Dangerous, smart, ridiculous and very funny.' New York Times
Vernon God Little features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Vernon God Little is available in Paperback
Vernon God Little was written by D B C Pierre and published by Faber & Faber
Vernon God Little has 277 pages
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