HailedbythecriticsandlaudedbyreadersforitsriotouslyfunnyandscathingportrayalofAmericainanageoftrialbymedia,materialism,andviolence,VernonGodLittlewasaninternationalsensationwhenitwasfirstpublishedin2003andawardedtheprestigiousManBookerPrize.ThememorableportraitofAmericaisseenthroughtheeyesofawry,young,protagonist.Fifteen-year-oldVernonnarratesthestorywithacynicaltwangandafour-letterbarbforeachofhistownsfolk,amedleyofcharacters.Withaplotinvolvingaschoolshootinganddeath-rowrealityTVshows,Pierre'seffortlessproseanddialoguecombinetoformanovelofpostmoderngamesmanship.