Pariah

by Wendell Horne

John Freeman is a twenty-one year old who works to establish himself as a businessman in a small town during The Great Depression. Southton isn't hospitable to newcomers and when circumstances force him to make a living selling condoms, people reject him. Their considering him a pariah makes hypochrites of them.

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?