Youth Cast Tackle Controversial Booker Prize Novel

Youth Cast Tackle Controversial Booker Prize Winning Novel

Long Cloud Youth Theatre in association with Downstage, W.P.A.C and Young and Hungry present the New Zealand premiere of Vernon God Little, the controversial Booker Prize winning novel by DBC Pierre.

Martirio, a flea-bitten Texan town. Vernon's best friend, Jesus, has just massacred sixteen of their classmates before killing himself. With the murderer dead, there's no one to blame for the tragedy. The town, hungry for a scapegoat, turns its sights on Vernon.

Everyone wants a piece of the action and bumbling cops and television reporters are out to exploit the killings. With his world crumbling before him, Vernon flees but the police and tv crews are in hot pursuit.

The controversial winner of the Booker Prize in 2003, Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre is a biting satire of the America we love to hate: the media, the judicial system, obsession with food, religion and adolescent angst.

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