10/11/2008 How Do I Listen? Archived programs are streamed in the Real Audio Format. Click here to download   Problems Listening? Try this Direct Listen Link if the "Listen to Show" button to the right does not work   Hosted by: Dick Gordon Show Originally Aired: 10/28/2003 CALL 1 800-423-TALK Dirty But Clean Pierre 2003 Booker Prize winner Pierre Finlay who writes under the name DBC Pierre (AP) Email to friend The Texas town of DBC Pierre's imagination is filled with Jerry Springer characters in garish shades of neon, which is too bad, really, because Martirio, Texas is a place where folks like their truths to come in black and white. And that's why the book's eponymous hero, the 15-year old Vernon God Little, can't catch a break. He still remembers when congestion at the drive thru on a Saturday night was his biggest headache. Now, it's being the best friend of a lonesome loser who killed sixteen of his classmates and leaves him to take the blame. Redemption is hard to come by in Pierre's debut novel. But by awarding it the coveted ManBooker prize for literature, judges in London proved that truth can be more forgiving than fiction. Pierre Finlay and Dan Rhodes will read from their books at Brookline Booksmith in Coolidge Corner, Wednesday, November 5th. Related Shows Charles Simic The Connection (05/19/2003) Rolling Back the Years On Point (06/10/2003) Grandes Horizontales The Connection (07/30/2003) Comic Relief On Point (10/08/2003) The Story of My Father On Point (05/15/2003) The Story of My Father On Point (07/04/2003) Related Links Read an excerpt of "Vernon God Little" DBC Pierre wins the Man Booker prize 2003 Buy the book, on amazon.com Pierre Finlay, (a.k.a. DBC Pierre) author, "Vernon God Little," winner of the 2003 Booker Prize DBC Pierre describes what was going on in his life while he wrote the book. listen A reading from the book "Vernon God Little" listen list all Highlights... · Caravan Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Monk plays Duke Ellington · Bloodcount Duke Ellington: The Very Best of Duke Ellington

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