"Een schuchtere jongen komt in verzet tegen zijn fundamentalistisch christelijke milieu in Mississippi."
"A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title, that may also include a folder with miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book group discussion leaders."@en
"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 because Poppa can't afford the church dues."
"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 because Poppa can't afford the church dues."@en
"Een door problemen geplaagde jongen in een dorpje in het zuiden van de VS in de jaren veertig neemt op dramatische wijze wraak op de harteloze houding van de fundamentalistisch christelijke dorpsgemeenschap."
"Ce roman d'une enfance déshéritée dans le sud des Etats-Unis au cours des années 1940, a été écrit à seize ans par un auteur découvert trop tardivement (prix Pulitzer, en 1981): il s'était suicidé en 1969."