Child of God

English language

Published June 29, 1993

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978-0-679-72874-0
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For the film based on the novel, see Child of God (film)Child of God (1973) is the third novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. It depicts the life of a violent young outcast and serial killer in 1960s Appalachian Tennessee. Though the novel received critical praise, it was not a financial success. Like its predecessor Outer Dark (1968), Child of God established McCarthy's interest in using extreme isolation, perversity, and violence to represent human experience. McCarthy ignores literary conventions – for example, he does not use quotation marks – and switches between several styles of writing such as matter-of-fact descriptions, almost poetic prose, and colloquial first-person narration (with the speaker remaining unidentified).

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Oh Cormac McCarthy...
Anyone who is familiar with Cormac McCarthy's writing knows he has a penchant for the dark and depraved side of humanity. He's not afraid of it and likes to examine the many different ways it can manifest. This book is no exception, and indeed, may be one of his darkest works.

There is nothing remotely warm or comforting to be found in these pages. Even his most poetic descriptions of nature, the beauty, the indifference to man, the majesty regardless, that raised Blood Meridian out of the literal desert of the worst of what man inflicts upon fellow man seems to be toned down in Child of God, just as the comfort of simple human kindness and connection is held back from the main player in this tale, Lester Ballard. Everything within this story is stark and in your face, presented in terse burst of poetic writing. …

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