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James Ley

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Vernon God Little by D.B.C. Pierre

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December 2003–January 2004, no. 257
James Ley reviews 'Vernon God Little' by D.B.C. Pierre

‘The fucken oozing nakedness, the despair of being such a vulnerable egg-sac of a critter, like, a so-called human being, just sickens me sometimes, especially right now. The Human Condition Mom calls it. Watch out for that fucker.’

The speaker of these lines, fifteen-year-old Vernon Little, is a literary descendant of Huckleberry Finn.

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