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Title: Ho-hum
Review: Despite its award-winning status, Vernon God Little is a minor effort. It held my interest and even made me laugh out loud on a number of occasions, but great literature this is not. I didn't really even see it as all that scathing an indictment of American society, at least not in terms of it breaking new ground. If an American had written the book, I'm sure there would have been less uproar.The characters are over-the-top Texan stereotypes, none of them fleshed out, and the plot is pedestrian at best. Still, Vernon as narrator has an engaging voice and manages to evoke a certain dread regarding the outcome of the events described.
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