By the author of the critically acclaimed border trilogy, child of god is a taut, chilling novel that plumbs the depths. Buy child of god by cormac mccarthy from amazons fiction books store. Child of god by cormac mccarthy audiobook for sale online. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. The unique complies with lesters fascination with pedophilia as well as his descent into necrophilia and also murder. Listen to child of god audiobook by cormac mccarthy. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 1973, and was written by cormac mccarthy.
The book is loosely based off of the real world occasions. He has written ten novels, spanning the southern gothic, western, and postapocalyptic. Written by cormac mccarthy, audiobook narrated by tom stechschulte. In this taut, chilling audiobook, lester ballard a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape haunts the hill country of east tennessee when he is released from jail. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Child of god audiobook cormac mccarthy hd audio books. Only this author could extract a bit of sympathy for this monster. Free download or read online child of god pdf epub book. Cormac mccarthy audio books, best sellers, author bio. Lester ballard, a violent, solitary and introverted young backwoodsman, is released from jail and allowed to haunt the hill country of east tennessee, preying on the population with his strange lusts.
Child of god audiobook by cormac mccarthy 9781470337575. Author of the national book awardwinning all the pretty horses, cormac mccarthy is one of the most provocative american stylists to emerge in the last century. July 20, 1933 is an american novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. Cormac mccarthy is the author of many acclaimed novels, including all the pretty horses, the road and no. The time and setting are nebulous, but can be assumed to be somewhere in appalachia, sometime around the turn. Read child of god by cormac mccarthy available from rakuten kobo. Child of god, cormac mccarthy set in mountainous sevier county, tennessee, in the 1960s, child of god tells the story of lester ballard, a dispossessed, violent man whom the narrator. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. Publication date 1993 topics fugitives from justice fiction, psychopaths fiction. Mccarthys narrative alternates expertly between sparse bluntness and embellished run on sentences compiled into brief chapters.
Lester ballard becomes a sick, twisted child, a fiend dwelling in caves and haunting the townsfolk. The same as other creatures inhabiting this world, yes. Written in muscular prose, no country for old men is a powerful tale of. Cormac mccarthys muchadmired prose is suspenseful, rich with detail, and yet restrained, even delicate, in its images of lesters activities. Written by cormac mccarthy, narrated by tom stechschulte. Editions of child of god by cormac mccarthy goodreads.
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Cormac mccarthy audio books, best sellers, author bio audible. Cormac mccarthy, bestselling author of national book award winner all the pretty horses, delivers his first new novel in seven years. Child of god audiobook cormac mccarthy child of god is an unique by cormac mccarthy, writer of all the pretty steeds. Thats a fresh take on the idiom there but for the grace of god go i. Lester ballard, a violent, solitary and introverted young backwoodsman, is released from jail and allowed to haunt the hill country of east. I found the narrative difficult to follow for the first few pages but once i got in the flow of.
His next novel, child of god, was published in 1973. 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. Child of god is a story of a shadowy cretin whose exploits initially to survive the elements take on a sinister and twisted bent. Suspenseful, spare, a quick and compelling read, child of god is at the same time mccarthys most extreme challenge to the limits of propriety, perhaps outdoing even blood meridian in its chronicling of. By 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. I have read a few cormac mccarthy books and this did not disappoint,queasy in places but utterly riveting throughout.
From 1974 to 1975, mccarthy worked on the screenplay for a pbs film called the gardeners son, which. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. It depicts the life of a violent young outcast and serial killer in 1960s appalachian tennessee. Child of god 1973 is the third novel by american author cormac mccarthy. Outer dark is the second novel by american writer cormac mccarthy, published in 1968.
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