Child of God

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A haunting and disturbing tale of a violent outcast, Child of God is Cormac McCarthy's most shocking and brutally compelling work. 1960s, Tennessee. Lester Ballard is a violent, solitary and introverted young backwoodsman, dispossessed on his ancestral land. Homeless, indulging in voyeurism, he is accused of rape. When he is released from jail, he begins to haunt the hilly landscape – preying upon its population, unleashing his impulse for sexualised violence. As the story hurtles toward its unforgettable conclusion, McCarthy depicts the most sordid aspects of life with empathy and lyricism. 'A powerful and talented writer, able to elicit compassion for his protagonist however terrible his action' — Sunday Times 'McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute' — Anne Enright 'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' — Stephen King 'In presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' — Annie Proulx