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{ May 2021 - Verified ebook for complete book description, cover, table of contents, separation of book (front/ back matter, parts, and chapters), and epub format error checking. } Paperback, 320 pages Published 1988 National Book Award for Fiction (1988) Callil-Toibin 200 Best Novels (1950-1999) 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. 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 of manners and civility. Trout's indifference haunts his defense lawyer; his festering paranoia warps his timid, quiet wife; and Trout himself moves closer to madness as he becomes obsessed with his cause—and his vendettas. "A masterpiece, complex and breathtaking . . . [Pete] Dexter portrays his characters with marvelous sharpness."—Los Angeles Times "A psychological spellbinder that will take your...

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Author

Pete Dexter

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

1988

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812987386

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, True Crime

Rating

3.86 / 5 (215 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14