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New Ships From Canada New No dust jacket as issued Trade paperback (US) 279 p Audience: General/trade Book Description: Fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little is in trouble And it has something to do with the recent massacre of 16 students at his high school News of the tragedy serves as an open invitation to the media, and soon the quirky backwater of Martirio is flooded with wannabe CNN hacks all too keen to lay the blame for the killings at Vernon s feet Eulalio Ledesma, in particular, sniffs out his opportunity to make good at Vernon s expense, and soon Vernon finds himself drawn into a series of increasingly bizarre (to say nothing of life-threatening) circumstances Eventually, with the LSD safely deposited and diluted in the ginseng, he succumbs to the workings of Fate and takes off for Mexico and a date or so he hopes with the divine Taylor Figueroa Peopled by a cast of grotesques, freaks, cold-blooded chattering housewives, and one very special adolescent with an unfortu.

London: Faber and Faber, 2003. First Edition. Original Wraps. As New/As New. Pierre, D. B. C.Vernon God Little .signed by Author. First Export Edition. Near Fine. Original wraps, minor rubbing, minor edgewear, else a fine, unread copy. Complete number line, 1-10. True first editions of this Booker Prize winning novel are very scarce.; Near Fine; Literature 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.