Books

New York: Random House, 1973. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 197 pages. McCarthy's somewhat uncommon third novel. A tight near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some scattered foxing and in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket with some very minute wear. A very copy of this early book from the author of "Blood Meridian," "No Country For Old Men," and "The Road.

Cormac McCarthy's 'Child of God' tells the story of Lester Ballard, a dispossessed, violent man whose life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. McCarthy depicts the life of a violent young outcast and serial killer in 1960s Appalachian Tennessee. Though the narrative is stark, the protagonist's isolation and disaffection are depicted with empathy by McCarthy, whose prose reveals the layers of humanity in even the most desolate and detestable characters.