Vernon God Little

16 Schüler einer Highschool werden umgebracht. Einige klatschsüchtige Hausfrauen werden plötzlich zu Witwen. Und mittendrin der 15-jährige Vernon, dem es gelingt, immer zur richtigen Zeit am falschen Ort zu sein. "Vernon God Little" ist eine schwarze Kommödie über Gewalt in den USA.

Informationen zum Autor When not travelling far and wide DBC Pierre divides his time between England and a mountainside in Ireland. Vernon God Little , his debut novel, won the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Award, and was followed by Ludmila's Broken English and Lights Out in Wonderland . He is also the author of a collection of short fictions, Petit Mal , and a Hammer novella, Breakfast with the Borgias. Klappentext WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2003 WINNER OF THE 2003 WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL PRIZE Meet fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little. Desperate times call for the most unlikely of heroes . 'Startling . . . explosive and extravagantly satisfying.' Guardian 'Dangerous, smart, ridiculous and very funny.' New York Times Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre - winner of the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Prize in 2003 - is a controversial and astonishing reminder that desperate times throw up the unlikeliest of heroes. Zusammenfassung WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2003WINNER OF THE 2003 WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL PRIZEMeet fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little. 'Startling . . . explosive and extravagantly satisfying.' Guardian'Dangerous, smart, ridiculous and very funny.' New York Times

Vorwort
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre - winner of the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Prize in 2003 - is a controversial and astonishing reminder that desperate times throw up the unlikeliest of heroes.

Autorentext
When not travelling far and wide DBC Pierre divides his time between England and a mountainside in Ireland. Vernon God Little, his debut novel, won the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Award, and was followed by Ludmila's Broken English and Lights Out in Wonderland. He is also the author of a collection of short fictions, Petit Mal, and a Hammer novella, Breakfast with the Borgias.

Klappentext

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2003
WINNER OF THE 2003 WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL PRIZE

Meet fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little. Desperate times call for the most unlikely of heroes**.**

'Startling . . . explosive and extravagantly satisfying.' Guardian

'Dangerous, smart, ridiculous and very funny.' New York Times

Zusammenfassung
WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2003WINNER OF THE 2003 WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL PRIZEMeet fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little. 'Startling . . . explosive and extravagantly satisfying.' Guardian'Dangerous, smart, ridiculous and very funny.' New York Times