Child of God

Child of God
ISBN: 9781447212478
Publication Date: 1 January 2011

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 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.

About the Author

Cormac McCarthy is the author of ten acclaimed novels, including

The Road. Among his honours are the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.