Vernon God Little : A 21st Century Comedy in the Presence of Death
by DBC Pierre
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- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0571222188
- ISBN 13
- 9780571222186
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About This Item
New Delhi: Penguin Books and Faber & Faber, December 2003. Paperback. First Indian Edition / full number line. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Sticker on rear cover from Giggle Bookshop, Madras, India. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 277 pages. Winner of the Booker Prize, the judges of which described the story as "A coruscating black comedy reflecting our alarm but also our fascination with America."
Synopsis
Vernon God Little is the Booker Prize winning debut novel of Australian-born author DBC Pierre, the pseudonym used by Peter Warren Finlay.
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- Bookseller
- Books of the World (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000000270
- Title
- Vernon God Little : A 21st Century Comedy in the Presence of Death
- Author
- DBC Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Indian Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571222188
- ISBN 13
- 9780571222186
- Publisher
- Penguin Books and Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- New Delhi
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- fiction, bildungsromans, black humor, high school, humor, massacres, school violence, students, teenage boys, Texas, Booker Prize
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children; Fiction; Asia; Humor, Comedy, Satire, Funny stuff; Religion & Spirituality;
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