For the film based on the novel, see Child of God (film).
1973 novel by Cormac McCarthy
Child of God
First edition cover
Author
Cormac McCarthy
Language
English
Genre
Gothic, philosophical, horror
Publisher
Random House
Publication date
1973
Publication place
United States
Media type
Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages
197 (paperback)
Child of God (1973) is the third novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. It depicts the life of a violent 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, extremely detailed prose, vivid and picturesque pastoral imagery, and colloquial first-person narration (with the speaker remaining unidentified).
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