num_pages: 334
description: Paris Trout is a white storekeeper and moneylender in the sleepy little town of Cotton Point, Georgia. He is also an implacable bigot. A long time ago he studied law, but he is no respecter of it. One hot summer's day he invokes his own law, with devastating results.Some of the townspeople think Paris Trout a hero for what he did: others that the law should make him pay.
language: English
title: Paris Trout
titlecomplete: Paris Trout (Flamingo S.)
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Crime, Literary Fiction, Novels, Southern, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery
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: Flamingo