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1st Edition/1st Printing. Scarce third book by McCarthy. Previous owners name on ffep. and 4 numbers written on front pastedown. rubbing to lower spine. DJ rubbed with small sticker residue on front and 2" closed tear at lower spine with tape repair on verso, spine sunned. $5.95 price intact on DJ flap; mylar protected. 197 pages. Attached to half-title page is a card SIGNED and inscribed by author: "Thanks, Cormac McCarthy- I was born in R.I. also!". Author's scarce third novel in unclipped DJ. (Bonus: Comes with a unsingned very good later printing hardcover copy of McCarthy's novel "The Road"). Note: No International orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

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.