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Child of God by Cormac McCarthy

Child of God by Cormac McCarthy

By Cormac McCarthy, the author of the critically acclaimed Border Trilogy, Child of God is a taut, chilling novel that plumbs the depths of human degradation. Lester Ballard, a violent, solitary and introverted young backwoodsman dispossessed on his ancestral land, is released from jail and allowed to haunt the hill country of East Tennessee, preying on the population with his strange lusts. McCarthy transforms commonplace brushes with humanity - in homesteads, stores and in the woods - into stunning scenes of the comic and the grotesque, and as the story hurtles toward its unforgettable conclusion, depicts the most sordid aspects of life with dignity, humour, and characteristic lyrical brilliance.

(Pan Macmillan)

Child of God by Cormac McCarthy

Author

Cormac McCarthy

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

 Year Published

2010

Number of Pages

192

Book Type

Novella

Genres

Horror

Country

American Writing

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