Vernon God Little

DBC Pierre · 2003 CE · Novel · English · Contemporary

After his best friend kills sixteen classmates and himself, fifteen-year-old Vernon Little is the only suspect left standing in the Texan town of Martirio, where grief, television crews and local money all want a culprit. He runs for Mexico; a comic first novel on media appetite, written by an Australian-born, London-based author.

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