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Paris Trout
Paris Trout
Author: Pete Dexter
The crime is the murder of a fourteen-year-old black girl, and the killer is Paris Trout, a respected white citizen of Cotton Point, Georgia - a man without guilt. His crime eats away at the social fabric of the town, exposing its hypocrisies and shattering the lives of its citizens. Harry Seagroves, Trout's defense attorney, has nightmares ab...  more »
ISBN: 395942
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: 306
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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tristanrobin avatar reviewed Paris Trout on + 11 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Thoroughly engrossing - if often unpleasant - tale of racial bigotry and oppression in the U.S. Perhaps that makes it sound more academic than it is. It's a fictional tale of one of the most believable villains I've read in some time. I read it cover to cover in long sitting - I needed to know how it all ended!

I recommend it highly. If you're the type who throws a book in anger periodically across the room, I would suggest moving breakable items out of your line of fire before beginning.
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SanJoseCa avatar reviewed Paris Trout on + 328 more book reviews
A powerful novel about life and death in a small southern town. Winner of the National Book Award.
zreader avatar reviewed Paris Trout on + 51 more book reviews
excellent- like a mash up of Harper Lee and Stephen King
mizPJ avatar reviewed Paris Trout on + 172 more book reviews
This is a very well written book about an incredibly unpleasant, well-nigh evil man. Great reading, unpleasant (at best) reading material.

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