Book Review - Paris Trout by Pete Dexter

Paris Trout by Pete Dexter
Back Cover Synopsis: Winner of the National Book Award, Paris Trout is the mesmerizing 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 outs Trout on trial. As he becomes more obsessed with his cause and vendettas against those who have betrayed him, Trout moves closer to madness, finally exploding with yet more violence and rage.

What I didn't like: I can't tell what year this takes place. I don't know Georgia well enough to know if this took place 50 years ago or in more recent times.

What what cool: First off - the whole book was impossible to put down. I liked the matter of fact tone of the author...I really liked the scene when Hanna makes Harry experience and trace the start of an orgasm to finish. That was just cool...Also, the book was written in Sacramento which was a nice surprise.