Welcome to Litsy!

Went into my favorite used bookshop looking for Deadwood, but came out with a copy of Pete Dexter's other masterpiece. A pitch-perfect illustration of small-town dynamics and repression, and a powerful warning of what happens when you allow evil to linger too long unchecked. Paris Trout is one of the more disturbing characters in fiction, a perfect embodiment of a certain type of paranoid rage that seems to exist everywhere now.

This book was powerful and compelling, somewhat dated but that is to be expected. I understand why this one is considered a classic even though it has some lingering problems. #BookspinBingo #Bingo @TheAromaofBooks

National Book Award Winner for Fiction in 1988. A flawless work. A resident of Cotton Point, Georgia, an arrogant solitary man who abuses his wife psychologically & physically, commits a crime which sends reverberations throughout the community. His mental state deteriorates as he fights against being held accountable for his senseless actions. A feeling of doom seeps into the story & builds until the fateful ending. #Marriage #NoteworthyNovember

PARIS TROUT, the National Book Award Winner for Fiction in 1988, is a flawless work. An arrogant solitary man who abuses his wife both psychologically and physically, he commits a crime which sends reverberations throughout the community. Paris‘ mental state deteriorates as he fights against being held accountable for his senseless actions. A feeling of doom seeps into the story and builds until the fateful ending. #PublishedInThe80s #JuneBookBugs