num_pages: 306
description: In this novel of social drama, a casual murder in the small Georgia town of Cotton Point just after World War II and the resulting court case cleave open the ugly divisions of race and class. The man accused of shooting a black girl, a storekeeper named Paris Trout, has no great feeling of guilt, nor fear that the system will fail to work his way. Trout becomes an embarrassment to the polite white society that prefers to hold itself high above such primitive prejudice. But the trial does not allow any hiding from the stark reality of social and racial tensions. Dexter, a former newspaper columnist, is also the author of "Deadwood" and "God's Pocket". Paris Trout won the 1988 National Book Award.
language: English
title: Paris Trout
titlecomplete: Paris Trout
genres: Fiction, Crime, Mystery, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Southern, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 6765
places: Cotton Point, Georgia, Georgia
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books