Vernon God Little (2003) is a novel by DBC Pierre. It was his debut novel and won the Booker Prize in 2003. It has twice been adapted as a stage play. The life of Vernon Little, a normal teenager who lives in Martirio, Texas, falls apart when his best friend, Jesus Navarro, murders their classmates in the schoolyard before killing himself, and Vernon is taken in for questioning.
The Booker Prize judges described this book as a “coruscating black comedy reflecting our alarm but also our fascination with America”.
The character of Vernon as a troubled teenager has drawn comparisons with the character Holden Caulfield in J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye novel. There are also significant similarities with Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
The book is written in contemporary vernacular, with the use of satirical invective and witty irony. The town in which Vernon lives, Martirio, is given the Spanish word for martyrdom.
German director Werner Herzog has been developing a possible film adaptation of Vernon God Little based on a screenplay by Andrew Birkin.
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