Bad Actors. "Vernon God Little" by D.B.C. Pierre. [review]

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorLey, James
dc.date.accessioned2006-02-03T06:08:14Z
dc.date.available2006-02-03T06:08:14Z
dc.date.issued2003-12
dc.description.abstract"Vernon God Little" is a black comedy and a vicious satire on the cruelty and narcissism of American society. Most of the action takes place in the town of Martirio, Texas, a small pocket of affluence ringed by decaying suburbs and populated by a collection of grotesques of varying degrees of unpleasantness. This novel is, in the end, morally ambiguous. When it concludes, the question of whether Vernon has succeeded or capitulated is left unresolved. Most likely, it is unresolvable. But that’s the Human Condition for you. Watch out for that fucker.en
dc.description.sponsorshipAustralia Council, La Trobe University, National Library of Australia, Holding Redlich, Arts Victoriaen
dc.format.extent376521 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.citationLey, James 2003. Bad Actors. Review of "Vernon God Little" by D.B.C. Pierre. 'Australian Book Review', No 257, December, 50-51.en
dc.identifier.issn0155-2864
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2328/853
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAustralian Book Reviewen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNo 257en
dc.subjectAustralianen
dc.subjectBook Reviewsen
dc.subjectPublishingen
dc.subjectfictionen
dc.subjectJames Leyen
dc.subjectHuckleberry Finnen
dc.subjectJohn Kennedy Tooleen
dc.subjectA Confederacy of Duncesen
dc.subjecthigh school shooting massacreen
dc.subjectMexican Jesusen
dc.subjectcinematic filmen
dc.subjectauthenticityen
dc.subjectidentityen
dc.subjectpostmodernismen
dc.subject.otherAustralian Standard Research Classification > 420200 Literature Studies > 420202 Australian and New Zealanden
dc.titleBad Actors. "Vernon God Little" by D.B.C. Pierre. [review]en
dc.typeArticleen
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
50-51.pdf
Size:
367.7 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.8 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
No 257 - December, 2003 / January, 2004
Flinders Open Access Research