num_pages: 279
description: Named as one of the 100 Best Things in the World by GQ magazine in 2003, the riotous adventures of Vernon Gregory Little in small town Texas and beachfront Mexico mark one of the most spectacular, irreverent and bizarre debuts of the twenty-first century so far. Its depiction of innocence and simple humanity (all seasoned with a dash of dysfunctional profanity) in an evil world is never less than astonishing. The only novel to be set in the barbecue sauce capital of Central Texas, Vernon God Little suggests that desperate times throw up the most unlikely of heroes.
language: English
title: Vernon God Little
titlecomplete: Vernon God Little
genres: Coming Of Age, American, Australia, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Comedy, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 32106
places: Acapulco, Texas
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Guardian First Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Whitbread Award
category: First Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
category: Comic Fiction
publisher: Faber and Faber