Vernon God Little

DBC Pierre, 2003

This novel (Booker Prize, 2003) by theAustralian born writer Peter Warren Finlaywho took on the pen name DBC (standingfor Dirty But Clean) Pierre is a black com-edy featuring VernonGregory Little, a trou-bled teenager. Littleis fifteen and lives in a small town in Texas in the U S. Wrongl y accused of bei ng aconspirator in a h0rl‘iflC incident involving the killing of 16 bullyingschoolmates by his friend jesus Navarrowho then commits suicide, he goes onthe run when things get completely out ofhand. Written in contemporary vernacu-lar, the book succeeds in presenting theambiguities present in contemporary US.lt won the 2003 Booker Prize.