Winner of the National Book Award for fiction, Paris Trout is the mesmerising story of a shocking crime that eats away at the fabric of a small Southern town, exposing its hypocrisies and shattering the lives of its citizens. The crime is the murder of a fourteen-year-old black girl, and the killer is Paris Trout, a respected white citizen of Cotton Point, Georgia - a man without guilt. His crime haunts the men and women of the town. Harry Seagraves, Trout's attorney, has nightmares about it. Trout's wife, Hanna, bears his abusive paranoia, which grows as the town reacts to the crime and puts Trout on trial. As he becomes more obsessed with his cause and his vendettas against those who have betrayed him, Trout moves closer to madness, finally exploding with yet more violence and rage. "A masterpiece, complex and breathtaking . . . [Pete] Dexter portrays his characters with marvelous sharpness.” Los Angeles Times "An expertly crafted and bleakly fascinating tale of social conflict and madness in the deep South." Publishers Weekly "A psychological spellbinder that will take your breath away and probably interfere with your sleep.” The Washington Post A copy for under $15: https://www.bookdepository.com/Paris-Trout-Pete-Dexter/9780006545477