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Title: Paris Trout (Contemporary American Fiction) by Pete Dexter ISBN: 0-14-012206-0 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: August, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.81 (16 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A dark tale, well written
Comment: The tale is nasty, but the writing is good. I read this book very quickly - I was pulled in by the characters and their actions. Paris Trout is scary; those who do little to stop him are also scary. I don't like how Dexter treats the women in his books - horrific is the word that comes to mind. Definitely worth reading if you are in the mood for something very dark.
Rating: 5
Summary: A remarkable book
Comment: Paris Trout centers around a character of the same name. Though he is clearly a psychopath, he has money and is a business man, so his violent nature is ignored by the citizens of his small town, Cotton Point, Georgia. The book opens with an attack by Trout on a local black family. The town's white population does not want to be seen siding with a black family against a white man, so, from then on they turn a blind eye towards Trout and allow him to bully the legal system. Also involved in this hard boiled drama are Trout's wife Hanna and Harry Seagraves, Trout's good-guy lawyer. The book is framed as the story of a very bad man terrorizing a sleepy town, but the amazing thing about it is the way Dexter slowly turns the tables until it becomes clear that the complacency of the townspeople is a far greater sin than the murderousness of someone who lives among them. Though it reads like genre fiction with gripping suspense and at times remarkable violence, the subtle play on the psychology of a small town elevates the book to a remarkable literary novel. Although, I should say, if this book were not as deep and were merely a legal thriller, I would still have found it to be fantastic based on the strength of Dexter's writing. A great book.
Rating: 2
Summary: truly evil
Comment: This book is about a truly evil person- PARIS TROUT- and the collection of misfit's and sad people he affect's. From the poor girl he kill's to his wife, to his lawyer, he destroy's everything around him . After reading about these sad people in post-war GEORGIA you might need a shower.
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Title: Train: A Novel by PETE DEXTER ISBN: 0385505914 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Paperboy by Pete Dexter ISBN: 0385315724 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: God's Pocket by Pete Dexter ISBN: 0140246274 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Brotherly Love by Pete Dexter ISBN: 0140167730 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Deadwood by Pete Dexter ISBN: 039453669X Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 12 March, 1986 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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