Paris Trout (Contemporary American Fiction)
by Pete Dexter
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Author: Pete DexterEdition: Paperback
Published: 1989-08-01
ISBN: 0140122060
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: PARIS TROUT
Summary: 3 Stars
When this book came out I was in high school and I thought, that's all we need, yet another book about racism and a small southern town..I mean how many books can be written on this subject? I recently sat down and read this book, it's quite a page turner, but still it's a one trick pony..on part Harper Lee, two parts John Grisham. Granted, Paris Trout, is a racist monster, conjured up from Redneck Hell, but he is a total caracture, it's like the author read To Kill a Mockingbird and said, I'm going to make my cracker worse, and to his credit, he suceeded, Paris Trout is one of the most vile, base characters i've read in fiction, but in making him so totally vile, he's not as effective. I just felt the book treaded over well worn road, yes we know people were and are like this..I grew up in Texas, I'm very familiar with the genus Redneckus Southernus, but I dont exactly enjoy reading about it..again and again and again...this book won several awards, and frankly I dont understand why..its not a bad book, but it's hardly, To Kill a Mockingbird, and frankly I like A Time to Kill better..read this if you must..but only if you must.
Summary of Paris Trout (Contemporary American Fiction)
In this novel of social drama, a casual murder in the small Georgia town of Cotton Point just after World War II and the resulting court case cleave open the ugly divisions of race and class. The man accused of shooting a black girl, a storekeeper named Paris Trout, has no great feeling of guilt, nor fear that the system will fail to work his way. Trout becomes an embarrassment to the polite white society that prefers to hold itself high above such primitive prejudice. But the trial does not allow any hiding from the stark reality of social and racial tensions. Dexter, a former newspaper columnist, is also the author of Deadwood and God's Pocket. Paris Trout won the 1988 National Book Award.United States Books
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