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050	0	0	_aPR9619.4.P54 _bV47 2003
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100	1		_aPierre, D. B. C.
245	1	0	_aVernon God Little : _ba 21st century comedy in the presence of death / _cD.B.C. Pierre.
260			_aLondon : _bFaber and Faber, _c2003.
300			_a279 pages ; _c24 cm
520			_aIn the town jail of Martirio the barbecue sauce capital of Central Texas sits fifteen-year-old Vernon Little, dressed only in New Jack trainers and underpants. He is in trouble. His friend Jesus has just blown away sixteen of his classmates before turning the gun on himself. And Vernon, as his only buddy, has become the focus of the towns need for vengeance. The news of the tragedy has resulted in the quirky backwater being flooded with wannabe CNN hacks all-too-keen to claim their fifteen minutes and lay the blame for the killings at Vernon feet. In particular Eulalio Ledesma, who begins manipulating matters so that Vernon becomes the center for the bizarre and vengeful impulses of the townspeople of Martirio. But Vernon is sure he'll be ok. Why do movies end happy? Because they imitate life. You know it, I know it. Peopled by a cast of grotesques, freaks, coldblooded chattering housewives (who are all mysteriously, recently widowed), and one very special adolescent with an unfortunate talent for being in the wrong place at the right time, Vernon God Little is riotously funny and puts lust for vengeance, materialism, and trial by media squarely in the dock.
561			_5DLC
650		0	_aHigh school students _vFiction.
650		0	_aSchool violence _vFiction.
650		0	_aTeenage boys _vFiction.
650		0	_aMassacres _vFiction.
651		0	_aTexas _vFiction.
655		7	_aBlack humor (Literature) _2gsafd
655		7	_aBildungsromans. _2gsafd
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