Neon Bible, The

Description

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.

First Sentence

because I start to think too much in the dark about what's back in the house. They must have turned the heat off too.

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Other Editions

• Neon Bible, TheAudio CDAudible Studios on Brilliance2016-05-31
• The Neon BiblePaperbackGrove Weidenfeld1989-01-01
• La biblia de neonCirculo de Lectores SA1989-01-01
• The neon bibleViking1989-01-01
• The neon biblePenguin1990-01-01
• La Bible de néonLaffont1991-01-01