The Neon Bible
Southern states, fiction
Prejudice
Bildungsromans
Fiction, coming of age
Boys
New York Times reviewed
Fiction, general
Fiction
The first novel by the Pulizer Prize-winning author of A Confederacy Of Dunces. David is a young boy growing up in a small Southern town in the 1940s. From his porch, David can see the whole valley, including the neon Bible that lights up the sky, emblem of the God-fearing folk who snub his family b…
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