dbc pierre, vernon god little review

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Review of DBC Pierre, Vernon God Little

By MarkEdin76 Rank: Staff Sergeant on 4th Jul 2004

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yes MarkEdin76's recommendation

Good Points

Lives up to and perhaps even surpasses the hype!

Bad Points

None really!

General Comments

DBC Pierre, Vernon God Little - I picked up this novel on the back of the media hype which surrounded it. It's a tale, which from any synopsis promised to be no more than a modern equivalent to a bad Jack Kerouac novel. However, within 50 pages the charm and grittiness (along with a real air of anger over American society & its apparent lack of justice) grabs the reader and never lets go.
The characters are as fascinating as they are infuriating. The plot borders on the predictable and at times lamentable. Yet somehow with a little dash of humour and from some magical touches you would expect from a much more experienced author, everything holds together.
In the end, reflecting back on it, it comes pretty close to being a contemporary classic.

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Vernon God Little is profane and has a mean streak that runs through it. DBC Pierre takes it over the top at times, but with calculated effect that pans out in the long run.

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A different book, it took a while to get used to the poor-south-Texan vernacular. ... It's terrific, however, rising above all that to deliver many surprises including an amazing ending.

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'Vernon God Little', winner of the 2003 Man Booker Prize, is the first novel of DBC Pierre (the initials DBC, standing for Dirty But Clean, is the pseudonym of Australian- born author, Peter Finlay).

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