{"product_id":"9781035039067","title":"The Orchard Keeper","description":"Author: Cormac McCarthy\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035039067\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Dec 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in rural Tennessee between the world wars, \u003ci\u003eThe Orchard Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e is the unique, darkly biblical debut novel from the legendary author of \u003ci\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003c\/i\u003e, Cormac McCarthy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'McCarthy has the best kind of Southern style' – \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nJohn Wesley Rattner is a young boy when his father is murdered. Marion Sylder, an outlaw and bootlegger, strangled him to death.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nBy chance, John and Marion will meet. They will not recognize each other; John will not know what this man has done.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nAn experimental debut following in the footsteps of William Faulkner, this is a magnificent conjuring of an American landscape – and a devastating portrayal of innocence lost.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A complicated and evocative exposition of the transience of life' – \u003ci\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nPraise for Cormac McCarthy:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Green Road \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Wren, The Wren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e and the Dark Tower series\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' – Annie Proulx, author of \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46677208596638,"sku":"TLD-9781035039067","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035039067.jpg?v=1775454514","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035039067","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}