Title: The Neon Bible
First published: 1989
Description: The first novel by the Pulizer Prize-winning author of A Confederacy Of Dunces. David is a young boy growing up in a small Southern town in the 1940s. From his porch, David can see the whole valley, including the neon Bible that lights up the sky, emblem of the God-fearing folk who snub his family because Poppa can't afford the church dues.
Subjects: Boys, Fiction, Bildungsromans, prejudice, Fiction, coming of age, Southern states, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, general
Places: Southern States, Mississippi, Italy, Nashville
People: David, Aunt Mae, Frank, Jo Lynne, Clyde, Mr. Williams
Time periods: 1930s to early 1950s
LC classification: PS3570.O54 N46 1989