Paris Trout (novel) explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The New York Times. UNEXAMINED LIVES IN COTTON POINT. Deborah. Mason. July 24, 1988.
2. https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1988 "National Book Awards – 1988"
3. Web site: The New York Times. TV Weekend; The Evil That Can't Be Buried, in 'Paris Trout'. John J.. O'Connor. April 19, 1991.
4. Web site: A Perfect Right to Break the Law : PARIS TROUT: by Pete Dexter (Random House: $17.95; 304 pp.). July 24, 1988. Los Angeles Times.