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Child of God

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Child of God

By: Cormac McCarthy
Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
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In this taut, chilling audiobook, 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.

©1973 Cormac McCarthy (P)2012 Recorded Books
Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Sagas Westerns Scary Witty
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Beautiful Prose • Masterful Writing • Exceptional Narration • Vivid Storytelling • Powerful Imagery • Immersive Delivery
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liked everything, speaker, story. full of suspense. it reminded me of down home tales, spoken via fire light.

the story

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Story line is disturbing, but the prose dense & excellent. Narration was perfect. I have listened to several of Cormac McCarthy's books and enjoyed them. I had missed this & happened on it through seeing it on sale.

Disturbing, but engrossing

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That was freaky as freaky gets and I really liked the story and the telling of it.

Meet Lester

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Cormac is a master, both of writing and of depicting the grit of life in all its horrible beauty and beautiful horror. Narrator's delivery was superb.

Stark, and beautifully written, as always.

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Wonderful, short, accessible performance of a nightmare horror masterpiece. Southern gothic at its very finest.

five stars

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Fascinating book, very much in line with other McCarthy books in style and quality. Lester Ballard is... Well what is he? A Child of Hod I suppose.

Good but short

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DO NOT READ this book. As an avid lover of horror, a person who loves character studies and someone with a soft spot for novels set in the south, I think this book is a solid work. Necrophilia. Check! Baby murder. Check! Dark comedy. Check! Quick read. Check! I change my mind. DO READ this book.

Originally Published In 1973

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With his short novella, Child of God, Cormac McCarthy again proves his writing worthy of incision in the Western Canon. Like blind Tiriseus, his vision is frighteningly clear and unsparing. He is cursed with sight free of illusions, and shows us the world with spare and exquisite prose.
Hard to take, hard to put down, and definitely not a bedtime story.



A remarkable admixture of horror and beauty.

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My favorite author. so love immerse myself in the characters. I think others are better though.

Be there

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Dark, gritty, violent and brilliant as always. If you’re a McCarthy fan, you won’t be disappointed.

As good McCarthy as it gets

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