Child of God

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Beschreibung

<p><b>A haunting and disturbing tale of a violent outcast, <i>Child of God </i>is Cormac McCarthy's most shocking and brutally compelling work. From the author of <i>Blood Meridian </i>and <i>The Road</i>.</b><br><br>1960s, 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.<br><br>When he is released from jail, he begins to haunt the hilly landscape - preying upon its population, unleashing his impulse for sexualised violence.<br><br>As the story hurtles toward its unforgettable conclusion, McCarthy depicts the most sordid aspects of life with empathy and lyricism.<br><br><b>'A powerful and talented writer, able to elicit compassion for his protagonist however terrible his action' - <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><b>Praise for Cormac McCarthy:</b><br><br>'McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute' - Anne Enright, author of <i>The Green Road </i>and<i> The Wren, The Wren</i><br><br>'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' - Stephen King, author of <i>The Shining</i> and the Dark Tower series<br><br>'[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 <i>Brokeback Mountain</i><br><br><b>Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.</b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781035039012

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

192 x 132 x 17 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Pan Macmillan