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    <body><![CDATA[you should know by now that i love me some pete dexter. paris trout is apparently his most acclaimed book. and i thought it was good. the main character (paris trout) was just such an incredibly mean, horrible, terrible man. everything he did was evil. but the author didn't pass judgement on him. th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40054713">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pete Dexter does such a good job of describing Paris Trout and his yellow teeth, piss smell and even more disgusting behavior that I just wanted to be done with the book because Paris Trout repelled me. I still don't want to touch the book, which is why I have to give it three stars. Basically, he's...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72471954">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Paris Trout is a novel of limited scope, but what it takes on it accomplishes brilliantly.  This is not a novel about racism, or life in a Southern town circa1960.  The title of this masterful little novel clues us to the author’s intent.  Paris Trout is primarily a character study.  What we have ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56711311">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[PARIS TROUT, the National Book Award Winner for Fiction in 1988, is a flawless work. Paris Trout is a resident of Cotton Point, Georgia; an arrogant solitary man who abuses his wife both psychologically and physically, he commits a crime which sends reverberations throughout the community.<br/>Pari...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31882462">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mesmerizing. Every word, every punctuation mark hits with dead accuracy. Those charging Dexter with propagating racial stereotypes need to look a little harder into American history. Each character is painstakingly rendered with the same minimalist exactness you'd find in Hemingway or Cormac McCarth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80310345">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Always engrossing, often hilarious, and sometimes utterly terrifying.  This book pretty much took over my life for a couple days.  It could have gone on much longer than its two hundred or so pages and I would have willingly followed.  But it's short enough to be perfect.  It about race relations in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47221601">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a hard novel about a racist who is just a very ordinary guy. Paris Trout is not nice, not particularly evil, not a guy you want to invite to dinner but a remarkably believeable individual. Dexter has a real talent for character analysis and a real talent for writing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book tackles the delicate subject of black/white relations in a small Georgia town shortly after World War II.<br/>Paris Trout, a white self-centered businessman that has absolutely no concern for anyone else's well being, shoots and kills Rosie, a black fourteen year old girl.  Paris Trout th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22284672">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book starts out with some of the most heart-wrenching and difficult imagery I have encountered in print.  I wanted to turn away, but I knew I had to face the horrid past of my home state.  I'm glad I stuck it out.  This novel should be a staple of Southern literature.  Highly recommended.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While a good story and a memorable character in Paris Trout, I can't understand the National Book Award.  The offensively bigoted whites carry the story line, but the poor characterization of women and blacks was disappointing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The titular character in this Pulitzer Prize winning book is a bad dude. He is an abuser, and a crook. We, the readers, watch as his world begins to fall apart and see how he handles the collapse.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I had thhis book on my bookshelf for almost 10 years before I picked it up a few days ago and decided to read it. A tragic story that really pulled me in. Highly recommend.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[After about half the book, I didn't really care much about the characters. Does all modern fiction have to have at least one graphic sex scene to get published?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Title character is an angry, bitter, violent man who sees no wrong in his prejudices or actions.  The book is thought provoking &amp; a reminder of racial prejudices' potential damages.  I would recommend it if you're not too squeamish about violence.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A nearly flawless book about incredibly flawed people and the others they drag down with them. Some beautiful prose here and incredibly powerful -- if not pleasant -- characters. I highly recommend this book, but be prepared for a dark ride that is bound to end poorly for everyone.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was an enjoyable read, but I was waiting for something more, something deeper...something big...the entire time that I was reading it, and I never got it.  The plot - especially the ending - was  fairly predictable, but it was a good, quick read.  I'm not sure it deserved the National Book Award,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45000224">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My boss suggested this book because it is his favorite.  After I read it, I was little creeped out by him.]]></body>
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