{"product_id":"paris-trout-9780812987386","title":"Paris Trout","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eParis Trout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A masterpiece, complex and breathtaking . . .  Pete] Dexter portrays his characters with marvelous sharpness.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A psychological spellbinder that will take your breath away and probably interfere with your sleep.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Dexter's brilliant understanding of the Deep South has allowed him to capture much of its essence--its bitter class distinctions, its violence, its strangeness--with a fidelity of detail and an ear for speech that I have rarely encountered since Flannery O'Connor.\"\u003cb\u003e--William Styron\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Dexter's powerfully emotional novel doesn't have any brakes. Hang on, because you won't be able to stop until the finish.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePete Dexter\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the National Book Award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eParis Trout\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eSpooner, Paper Trails, God's Pocket, Deadwood, Brotherly Love, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTrain\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a columnist for the \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSacramento Bee, \u003c\/i\u003e and has contributed to many magazines, including \u003ci\u003eEsquire, Sports Illustrated, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e. His screenplays include \u003ci\u003eRush\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMulholland Falls\u003c\/i\u003e. Dexter was born in Michigan and raised in Georgia, Illinois, and eastern South Dakota. He lives on an island off the coast of Washington.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514550587666,"sku":"9780812987386","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9f72a07e-1b34-4b99-a444-8a9e26949ec4.jpg?v=1730986890","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/paris-trout-9780812987386","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}