Paris Trout (Contemporary American Fiction)
by Pete Dexter
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Author: Pete DexterEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1989-08-01
ISBN: 0140122060
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: Good begining- not so good end
Summary: 4 Stars
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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