Description
WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2003
WINNER OF THE 2003 WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL PRIZE
Meet fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little. Desperate times call for the most unlikely of heroes.
'Startling . . . explosive and extravagantly satisfying.' Guardian
'Dangerous, smart, ridiculous and very funny.' New York Times
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre - winner of the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Prize in 2003 - is a controversial and astonishing reminder that desperate times throw up the unlikeliest of heroes.
About the Author
When not travelling far and wide DBC Pierre divides his time between England and a mountainside in Ireland. Vernon God Little, his debut novel, won the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Award, and was followed by Ludmila's Broken English and Lights Out in Wonderland. He is also the author of a collection of short fictions, Petit Mal, and a Hammer novella, Breakfast with the Borgias.
Awards
Winner of Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2003 and Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2003 and Booker Prize for Fiction 2003. Short-listed for Guardian First Book Award 2003 and Whitbread Prize (First Novel) 2003.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571215164
Author DBC Pierre
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 231g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 18mm