God’s Pocket

ISBN: 9780140246278


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God’s Pocket


by Pete Dexter


Young Leon Hubbard was arrogant and near psychotic. So when he was killed on a South Philadelphia construction site, everyone who knew him wanted to bury the bad news with the body. All, that is, except two—Leon’s mother and the local columnist for the common man. Now back in print, God’s Pocket is the powerful first novel from the National Book Award-winning author of Paris Trout.Young Leon Hubbard was arrogant and near psychotic. So when he was killed on a South Philadelphia construction site, everyone who knew him wanted to bury the bad news with the body. All, that is, except two—Leon’s mother and the local columnist for the common man. Now back in print, God’s Pocket is the powerful first novel from the National Book Award-winning author of Paris Trout.Young Leon Hubbard was arrogant and near psychotic. So when he was killed on a South Philadelphia construction site, everyone who knew him wanted to bury the bad news with the body. All, that is, except two—Leon’s mother and the local columnist for the common man. Now back in print, God’s Pocket is the powerful first novel from the National Book Award-winning author of Paris Trout.