{"product_id":"9781035039012","title":"Child of God","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  McCarthy, Cormac \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 8 February 2024 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom as part of the Picador Collection series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 197 x 14 | 140g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCormac McCarthy plumbs the depths of human degradation in Child of God, his most brutally violent, shocking work. From the author of Blood Meridian and The Road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1960s, Tennessee. Lester Ballard is a violent, solitary and introverted young backwoodsman, dispossessed on his ancestral land. Homeless, indulging in voyeurism, he is accused of rape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he is released from jail, he begins to haunt the hilly landscape – preying upon its population, unleashing his impulse for sexualised violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommonplace humanity becomes grotesque and, as the story hurtles toward its unforgettable conclusion, McCarthy depicts the most sordid aspects of life with empathy and lyricism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful and talented writer, able to elicit compassion for his protagonist however terrible his action – Sunday TimesPraise for Cormac McCarthy:‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The WrenHis prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power – Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence – Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40949470724231,"sku":"9781035039012","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781035039012_e6c808af-a4bf-43b8-8b61-4ec1a1bad2df.jpg?v=1741634669","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9781035039012","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}