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Paris Trout (Contemporary American Fiction) by Dexter, Pete, 1943- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Paris Trout (Contemporary American Fiction) about?
Pete Dexter's National Book Award-winning tour de force tells the mesmerizing story of a shocking crime that shatters lives and exposes the hypocrisies of a small Southern town.<br> <br> The time and place: Cotton Point, Georgia, just after World War II. The event: the murder of a fourteen-year-old black girl by a respected white citizen named Paris Trout, who feels he's done absolutely nothing wrong. As a trial looms, the crime eats away at the social fabric of Cotton Point, through its facade
Who reads Paris Trout (Contemporary American Fiction)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Dexter, Pete, 1943-
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Penguin Books
- Published
- 1943
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780140122060
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
- Rating
- 3.86 / 5 (4,827 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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