| Author | Pete Dexter |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Published | 1988 |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Pages | 306 |
Paris Trout is a 1988 American novel written by Pete Dexter and was the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction.
The novel was adapted into a film of the same name.
In a small Georgia town in the 1950s, Paris Trout, a bigoted store owner, kills a young black man's younger sister and wounds his mother when a car deal between them goes wrong.