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Pontiac, Michigan, U.S. Occupation. Novelist, screenwriter. Alma mater. University of South Dakota. Genre. Fiction. Pete Dexter (born July 22, 1943) is an American novelist. [1] [2] [3] He won the U.S. National Book Award in 1988 for his novel Paris Trout.
Pete Dexter is a literary fiction author who has been described as a natural humorist, a tough guy, and a man with a kind heart. He has made a reputation for himself writing beautifully observed, blackly funny, hard-edged novels.
Pete Dexter is the author of the National Book Award-winning novel Paris Trout and five other novels: God's Pocket, Deadwood, Brotherly Love, The Paperboy, and Train. He has been a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News and the Sacramento Bee, and has contributed to many magazines, including Esquire, Sports Illustrated, and Playboy.
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Oct 2, 2009 · Spooner, the new novel by National Book Award-winning author Pete Dexter, tells the story of a wild boy who grows up to be a wild man — not unlike the author himself.
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A National Book Award–winning novel about a white man who murders a black girl in a Southern town after World War II. The book explores the impact of the crime on the characters, the community, and the justice system.
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Jan 1, 1988 · 6,891 ratings503 reviews. In this novel of social drama, a casual murder in the small Georgia town of Cotton Point just after World War II and the resulting court case cleave open the ugly divisions of race and class.
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Pete Dexter is the author of the National Book Award–winning novel Paris Trout as well as Spooner, Paper Trails, God’s Pocket, Deadwood, Brotherly Love, and Train. He has been a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News and the Sacramento Bee, and has contributed to many magazines, including Esquire, Sports Illustrated, and Playboy.
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