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Finding Humor in the Crudeness.(Vernon Little God)(Book Review)
Rude, immature, inappropriate--"Vernon God Little," DBC Pierre's Man Booker Prize-winning debut, seems to bring out the schoolmarm in critics. I mean, I'd call it all those things, and I like the book. But the fact is, you're not supposed to write a novel about a Columbine- like school-shooting spree in the barbecue-sauce (nice touch) capital of central Texas--or anywhere else, for that matter. Some things just aren't funny. That truism, though, is one that you just know Pierre would disagree with. Otherwise, we wouldn't have this high-energy, inappropriately--and undeniably--funny novel.
When something makes you laugh, you have to ask yourself, why? In the case of Pierre's novel, I think it's because he lets a lot of the hot air out of school shootings. He's not making fun of high-school students who kill other students and teachers. He's savaging all the hollow pieties that get preached by suddenly concerned community leaders and media jackals. Vernon Gregory Little is a teenager with the bad luck to be the best friend of a ...
- FICTION; A big fat poke in the eye; The British author who writes under the...
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Freeman, John October 19, 2003 700+ words
...most prestigious literary prize for "Vernon God Little." Judging chair John Carey praised...critics, was putting things mildly. "Vernon God Little" might be the most vicious satire...spite of its linguistic derring-do, "Vernon God Little" is less a satire than a burlesque...
- 'Vernon God Little' to hit the big screen?(a film version of 'Vernon God...
- Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books January 26, 2004 700+ words
M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A film of the 2003 Booker Prize-winning novel 'Vernon God Little' is said to be on the cards after author Peter Finlay, a.k.a DBC Pierre, met with producer Aimee Peyronnet. The...
- A Tale of Two Views.(DBC Pierre's book "Vernon God Little" wins Booker prize)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Piore, Adam Pepper, Tara November 24, 2003 700+ words
...Britain's Man Booker committee awarded DBC Pierre's "Vernon God Little" its prestigious [Pound sterling]50,000 prize...before. The novel hit Britain's bookshelves like a bomb. "Vernon God Little" is "trailer-park Texas in all its dysfunctional...
- 'God' finds pair of pic disciples.(Big Beach Films and FilmFour Ltd. to finance...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Dawtry, Adam May 19, 2006 700+ words
...based auteur Pawel Pawlikowski's first American project, "Vernon God Little," has taken a big step toward production in 2007...Pawlikowski who also previously tried to acquire the rights to "Vernon God Little." The involvement of Black & White signals...
- Ludmila's Broken English.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Bookmarks September 1, 2006 700+ words
...JOE KURMASKIE NY Times Book Review ** "The weirdest aspect...DBC Pierre's debut novel, Vernon God Little.... There's a...offended that his first novel, Vernon God Little, won the MAN Booker...ride." ALSO BY THE AUTHOR VERNON GOD LITTLE 2003: **1/2 Jan...
- Faber has high hope for the new 'Vernon God Little'.(Faber and Faber Inc., new...
- Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books June 11, 2004 700+ words
...2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Faber is hoping to repeat the success it had with Booker Prize winning novel 'Vernon God Little' with another book about the troubles of youth. 'The Confessions of Max Tivolli' by Andrew Sean Greer is the story...
- Copping The Prize.(Peter Finlay wins Man Booker Prize for 'Vernon God Little')
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Hsu, Caroline October 27, 2003 700+ words
...literary awards. First-time author DBC (stands for Dirty But Clean) Pierre, a pseudonym for Peter Finlay, 42, won for his Vernon God Little, a profanity-laced look at life in a Texas town following a Columbine-style shooting. What will the Australian...
- First novel wins Wodehouse Prize.(DBC Pierre awarded the Bollinger Everyman...
- Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books June 3, 2003 700+ words
...COMMUNICATIONS LTD Author DBC Pierre has been awarded the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing for his debut novel 'Vernon God Little'. The book, which satirises American gun culture, beat Zadie Smith's 'The Autograph Man' and Yann Martel...