Paris Trout
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Ratings7
Average rating3.7
In Paris Trout, Pete Dexter tells the mesmerizing story of a shocking crime that eats away at the social fabric of a small town, exposing the hypocrisies of its ways and shattering the lives of its citizens.
The crime is the murder of a fourteen-year-old black girl and the killer is Paris Trout, a respected white citizen of Cotton Point, Georgia, and a man without guilt. His crime haunts the men and women of this town. Harry Seagraws, a prominent citizen and Trouts defense attorney, has nightmares about it. TroutS wife, Hanna, bears his abusive paranoia, which grows as the town reacts to the crime and puts Trout on trial. As he becomes more obsessed with his cause and his vendettas against those who have betrayed him, Trout moves closer and closer to the edge of sanity, finally exploding with yet more violence and rage.
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Extremely strong characters. One of the few books that I have read that I had no idea what was going to happen next.
This is a text that should be covered in schools. It provides a rich and detailed look at race relations in the south of America during the 50s as well as the ways in which one persons actions can affect a whole town. A modern classic well worth reading.
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