Vernon God Little

<b>"If <i>Huckleberry Finn</i> were set on the Mexican-American border and written by the creators of <i>South Park</i>, it might read something like this." — <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> </b> <br> <br> Hailed by critics and lauded by readers for its riotously funny and scathing portrayal of America in an age of trial by media, materialism, and violence, <i>Vernon God Little </i>was an international sensation when it was first published in 2003 and awarded the prestigious Man Booker Prize. <br> <br> The memorable portrait of America is seen through the eyes of a wry, young protagonist. Fifteen-year-old Vernon narrates the story with a cynical twang and a four-letter barb for each of his townsfolk, a medley of characters. With a plot involving a school shooting and death-row reality TV shows, Pierre's effortless prose and dialogue combine to form a novel of postmodern gamesmanship. <br> <br> "A dangerous, smart, ridiculous, and very funny first novel . . . Pierre renders adolescence brilliantly, capturing with seeming effortlessness the bright, contradictory hormone rush of teenage life." —Sam Sifton, <i>The New York Times</i>