Paris Trout
Pete Dexter
Random House Publishing Group
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.<br>  <br> 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.<br> <br> <b>Praise for <i>Paris Trout</i></b><br> <i> </i><br> "A masterpiece, complex and breathtaking . . . [Pete] Dexter portrays his characters with marvelous sharpness."<b>--<i>Los Angeles Times</i></b><br>  <br> "A psychological spellbinder that will take your...</br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br>