Book: Vernon God LittleAuthor: DBC PierreRating: 3.5
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Summary:Vernon God Little is a teenager who lives in the small town of Martirio with his widowed mother. The book of the same name is a first person narrative of about one year of Vernon's life after tragedy strikes his town. His close friend kills himself after performing a shoot out at his school, killing most of his class mates. Vernon automatically falls into the line of suspicion as he is a close friend of the killer and was supposedly present at the scene of tragedy when the killings took place. The onus is on Vernon to prove his innocence in the face of an angry and grieving society hungry for an easy target. The police team begin their probe with the presumption of his guilt, the media find for the lonesome Vernon the convenient label of 'psychopath'. Vernon's lifestyle comes under intense public scrutiny. In the face of such odds, Vernon decides to run away- only to be caught in the act by the police. The last half of the novel is a gripping movie thriller as we watch his lawyer fight his case to prove his innocence.
