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Can I read Child of God on EtoBox?
Child of God by McCarthy, Cormac is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Child of God about?
By the author of the critically acclaimed Border Trilogy, CHILD OF GOD is a taut, chilling novel that plumbs the depths of human degradation. Lester Ballard, a violent, solitary and introverted young backwoodsman dispossessed on his ancestral land, is released from jail and allowed to haunt the hill country of East Tennessee, preying on the population with his strange lusts. McCarthy transforms commonplace brushes with humanity - in homesteads, stores and in the woods - into stunning scenes of the comic and the grotesque, and as the story hurtles toward its unforgettable conclusion, depicts the most sordid aspects of life with dignity, humour, and characteristic lyrical brilliance.
Who reads Child of God?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- McCarthy, Cormac
- Publisher
- Picador
- Published
- 1973
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307762481
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Western, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.86 / 5 (20,808 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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