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Paris Trout (novel)
1988 novel by Pete Dexter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paris Trout is a 1988 American novel written by Pete Dexter.[1] It was the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction.[2]
The novel was adapted into a film of the same name.[3]
Plot
In a small Georgia town in the 1950s, a bigoted store owner named Paris Trout kills a black man's younger sister and wounds his mother when a car deal between them goes wrong.
Critical reception
The Los Angeles Times called the novel "a masterpiece, complex and breath-taking."[4]
References
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