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  • Published: 4 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9780812987362
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $36.00

God's Pocket

A Novel




Soon to be a motion picture with a release on May 9th, starring John Turturro, Christina Hendricks, and Philip Seymour Hoffman in one of his final roles.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
 
In this striking debut from the author of the National Book Award winner Paris Trout, Pete Dexter chronicles a murder and its consequences in the fictional blue-collar Philadelphia neighborhood of God’s Pocket.
 
Leon Hubbard makes other men nervous, talking to himself or anyone who will listen about the things he’s cut with his straight razor. So when he crosses the wrong guy on a South Philly construction site and winds up with his head caved in, everyone is content to bury the bad news with the body. Everyone, that is, except Leon’s mother—and a local newspaper columnist hoping the story will resurrect his career. Only a mother could love a man like Leon. But only an outsider could expect to change anything in God’s Pocket.
 
Praise for God’s Pocket
 
“Riveting . . . a first-class first novel . . . highlighted by superior writing, dialogue that rings true, and a highly believable background.”—Associated Press
 
God’s Pocket sings, snarls, mugs, wisecracks, buys you a drink, steals your wallet, and takes you home to meet the folks.”—Richard Price
 
“My own favorite among Mr. Dexter’s work remains God’s Pocket, which I continue to admire for its rich, well-nigh Dickensian mixture of verisimilitude, real-life absurdity, horror and romance.”—Robert Stone, The New York Times Book Review
 
“Rollicking . . . a tough Philadelphia neighborhood comes to life in these pages.”—Playboy

  • Published: 4 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9780812987362
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $36.00

About the author

Pete Dexter

Pete Dexter is the author of five previous novels, including the US National Book Award-winner Paris Trout. He lives in Puget Sound, Washington.

Praise for God's Pocket

  • "God's Pocket signs, snarls, mugs, wisecracks, buys you a drink, steals your wallet, and takes home to meet the folks." --Richard Price
  • "Ribald . . . riveting . . . a first-class first novel . . . highlighted by superior writing, dialogue that rings true, and a highly believable background." --Associated Press