 First edition | |
| Author | Pete Dexter |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Published | 1988 |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 306 [1] |
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 TV film of the same name. [3]
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.
The Los Angeles Times called the novel "a masterpiece, complex and breath-taking." [4]
When the novel was published, humorist and author Roy Blount Jr. provided a blurb for its promotion, writing, "I put it down once to wipe off the sweat,” a remark that has since been cited by other writers as a notably memorable piece of praise including in 2007 when a New York Times writer asked, “Do they give awards for this kind of thing?” [5]
