Cormac McCarthy Collection 3 Books Set Suttree, Outer Dark, Child of God

Name: Cormac McCarthy Collection 3 Books Set Suttree, Outer Dark, Child of God
Brand: Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy

Description. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. Child of God:. 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.. Suttree:. Suttree is a compelling, semi-autobiographical novel by Cormac McCarthy, which has as its protagonist Cornelius Suttree, living alone and in exile in a disintegrating houseboat on the wrong side of the Tennessee River close by Knoxville. He stays at the edge of an outcast community inha...