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Paris Trout (Contemporary American Fiction) (Paperback)

by Pete Dexter (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books; Open Market Ed edition (1 Oct 1989)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140122060
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140122060
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,325,313 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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LIKE NOBODY YOU AINT SPOKE TO YET," SHE SAYS QUIETLY, "I LIKE JESUS." THIS IS WRITING THAT STOPS YOUR BLOOD, BASED ON A TRUE STORY THAT PETE DEXTER HAS TRIED TO DIGEST SINCE THE AGE OF SEVEN, WHEN HE WITNESSED PART OF THE APOCRYPHAL CLIMAX OF THIS STORY. HE IS A WRITER TO BE RECKONED WITH, AND IN PARIS TROUT, HE DOES FOR THE RACE WARS IN THE SOUTH WHAT DON DELILLO DID FOR THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION IN LIBRA.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good begining- not so good end, 23 Nov 2002
By "lexi_wades" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Paris Trout (Paperback)
This could have become a classic if the story continues as it starts. A story of a black girl killed by the white money lender who one of the members of the family she is living with is in debt to. Unfortunatly the narrative leaves the impoverished black community after the murder and concentrates on the perpetrater and his wife, Hannah's, lives as the crime is being investigated. The character of Hannah is easy to sympathise with especially compared to her brute of a husband. The sub-plot of a romance and the questionable ending is where the book fails. There is a perceived downhill slide in interest as the book goes on but it is engrossing enough and useful as a commentry to life in the mid-twentieth century in the American South.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars "I'm not ashamed. I did what was right.", 20 Jul 2005
By Mary Whipple (New England) - See all my reviews
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The National Book Award Winner from 1988, _Paris Trout_, based on a real murder and subsequent trial in Milledgeville, Georgia, is a tale of racism, abuse, bribery, injustice, and most of all, arrogance. Paris Trout, a white shopkeeper in Cotton Point, Georgia, makes his own rules, paying little attention to other laws as he sells used cars (on which the rust is hidden under new paint), terrorizes the black community into repaying loans with high interest, and uses trickery to avoid claims on the insurance policies he sells.

When the older brother of 14-year-old Rosie Sayers refuses to pay for a damaged car that Trout has sold and insured but will not fix, Trout and an accomplice decide to use him as an object lesson. Going to Henry Ray's home, Trout shoots little sister Rosie to death and leaves Mary McNutt wounded with four bullets. Surprisingly to Trout, he is put on trial, where people are bribed and the outcome is uncertain, despite eyewitnesses. The crime and trial take up the first half of the book, while the effects of the trial on Trout's defense attorney, Harry Seagraves, the increasing madness of Trout, and the town's growing impatience with Trout's behavior occupy the second half.

Dexter manages to give new life to a story of bigotry which has been told many times, creating in Rosie a particularly vulnerable and sad child, and in Harry Seagraves a lawyer who faces a crossroads--as a lawyer, husband, and man. Paris Trout, however, remains a bigoted stereotype, which reduces important aspects of the plot to "good guys" vs. "bad guys." Dexter's earthy tone creates an atmosphere that vibrates with emotion, however, and his brilliant selection of revealing details create innumerable symbols that develop the themes, poison being the most obvious symbol--Rosie's poisoning by a rabid fox, Hanna Trout's poisoning by physical and sexual abuse, and the town's poisoning by Trout's attitudes.

Dramatic, bloody, and horrifying, this novel shines a spotlight on a town which resembles a large snake that has been run over and is now "stuck to the highway with her own gum." As the town begins to free itself from Paris Trout, his power, and the attitudes he represents, the reader knows that Trout, too, is only a symbol, that real change will take generations. Mary Whipple

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good beginning- not so good end, 29 Jan 2003
By "lexi_wades" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Paris Trout (Hardcover)
This could have become a classic if the story continues as it starts. A story of a black girl killed by the white moneylender who one of the members of the family she is living with is in debt to. Unfortunately the narrative leaves the impoverished black community after the murder and concentrates on the perpetrator and his wife, Hannah's, lives as the crime is being investigated. The character of Hannah is easy to sympathise with especially compared to her brute of a husband. The sub-plot of a romance and the questionable ending is where the book fails. There is a perceived downhill slide in interest as the book goes on but it is engrossing enough and useful as a commentary to life in the mid-twentieth century in the American South.
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