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Tarfumes.com - Child of God
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Manufacturer: Vintage
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780679728740
ISBN: 0679728740
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 1993-06-29
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: 1993-06-29
Studio: Vintage
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In this taut, chilling novel, Lester Ballard--a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape--haunts the hill country of East Tennessee when he is released from jail.  While telling his story, Cormac McCarthy depicts the most sordid aspects of life with dignity, humor, and characteristic lyrical brilliance.
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Summary: Child Of God - A Macabre Masterpiece
Comment: Cormac McCarthy may be the most important writer around these days. All of his works exude their own unique brilliance, causing readers to struggle for stopping points. "Child Of God" is an earlier masterpiece laying the groundwork for his future works. Lester Ballard loses his home to auction and is forced to rough it in a dilapdated cabin in the woods outside of town. Inside, his vagrant mind begins to lust for his strange obsessions. One day he stumbles upon a dead couple in a wrecked car and stumbles into necrophelia. Before long he takes to roaming the woods and seeking new victims, all the while lusting for revenge upon the people who moved into his old home.
This is the simple explanation for a deep, and disturbing tale of the wants and needs of a twisted, tormented mind. "Child Of God" is a fantastic read and one in a line of McCarthy classics!
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Summary: Written in 1973!
Comment: First of all, this is a very dark book, creepy and depressing throughout!
The book centers around a lonesome man by the name of Lester Ballard, he's a little bit (Hannibal Lecter) and a little bit (Ed Gein). Lester finds a dead girls body, instead of telling someone, he takes her home. After the first one, Lester can't stop!
The story in "Child of God" takes awhile to really get going, but the last half of the book is a page turner!
Highly recommended to all McCarthy fans!
Amazingly this McCarthy book was written in 1973! Wow!
Great short read that takes you to a dark, dark place!
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Summary: Sick! But interesting and a dark and desperate adventure.
Comment: "Child of God" is a story of a poor, lonesome and demented redneck named Lester trying to survive in a poor redneck town. From the beginning we see that he has gotten the boot from society (be it as it may) and has been forgotten and left on his own to survive and pursue his own interests, which are very sick and wrong. But he doesn't seem to realize he is doing anything wrong. I am not going to go into it but the thing is, as he hides from his pursuers living in caves, I root for him! I almost like him and find myself snickering at his horrific behavior!! What is wrong with me?
I think this is a good story. It contains a lot of contrasts, the actual plot is dark and there is evil and violence and desperation, but at the same time, there is humor and a little lightness and some action. If you like Cormac McCarthy you should read this book. It's a weird one but it keeps your interest and stengthens your grasp of Cormac's dark and desperate edge-of-humanity with maybe-a-smirk landscapes.
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Summary: too strange for me...
Comment: This book was too weird for me, it was just too graphic. I read it only because it has caused a controversy in an area school. The teacher that allowed his student to read this book has now been fired. I know that I don't want my own kids to read this book. Mr. McCarthy has done much better with his other works.
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Summary: good book
Comment: i didn't like it as much as The Road, but i still thought it was pretty good. Sometimes i got a little lost as to who was speaking, narrator vs character, but the "story" was good.
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