Vernon God Little

By (author) Pierre, DBC
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WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2003
WINNER OF THE 2003 WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL PRIZE

Meet fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little.

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

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

Description:

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

Biographical note:
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.
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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.