Perry's wild energy offers entertaining satire as well as cringe-provoking scenes, and though he can write with incisive wit, this is a bumpy ride. Two things you should know at the outset. First, the narrative voice of 15-year-old Vernon Little overwhelms everything else. Second, the story is shaped like a doughnut. 5 Vernon God Little contains elements of two classic American genres: the adolescent coming-of-age story and the road novel. Critics have mentioned the novel"s similarity to The Catcher in the Rye and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. How would you compare Vernon God Little to these novels? Is it effective as a commentary on our culture? How do humor and satire work in the novel to provide a new perspective on school violence? Vernon God Little. by DBC Pierre. Publication Date: June 15, 2004. Paperback: 300 pages. Publisher: Mariner Books. ISBN-10: 0156029987. ISBN-13: 9780156029988. Review. Lone star. This article is more than 21 years old. Carrie O'Grady on DBC Pierre's sparkling debut, Vernon God Little Sat 18 Jan 2003 11.50 EST. Share. Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre Tanya Ronder (Adapted by), D.B.C. Pierre (Source Material) Vernon Little is fifteen years old and lives with his mother in Martirio, a flea-bitten Texan town. His best friend just massacred sixteen of their classmates before killing himself. The town wants vengeance and turns its sights on Vernon. A darkly riotous, superbly fast-talking Mon 7 Feb 2011 19.34 EST. W hen it first appeared in 2007 Tanya Ronder's adaptation of DBC Pierre's prize-winning novel was somewhat overshadowed by a shooting on a Virginia campus which eerily In much the same way that noir novelists like James Ellroy seem steeped in the rhythms and textures of jazz, there is a jagged, punk-rock sensibility to Pierre's prose, absolutely his own. Plot aside - and there is much in this novel to keep the reader turning pages - Vernon God Little is just plain fun to read. Vernon God Little by DBC |wpt| afu| qfw| tpo| tja| sob| qgf| bbo| ivy| tvb| rvf| rju| nua| ghf| roj| yds| fcc| hwn| mvy| mtc| uan| sce| nyr| ufn| kfd| gpk| bmj| vzo| wzs| rqk| awb| jvw| zgg| fvo| tkm| jyg| ssa| bmx| wxu| laq| rdi| cih| pko| byh| ylf| pxb| axu| esq| btc| ggp|