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Orchard Keeper

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Description for Orchard Keeper Paperback. 'There isn't anyone remotely like him in contemporary American literature' New York Times Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.

Set in rural Tennessee between the world wars, The Orchard Keeper is the unique, darkly biblical debut novel from the legendary author of Blood Meridian and The Road, Cormac McCarthy.

'McCarthy has the best kind of Southern style' – New York Times

John Wesley Rattner is a young boy when his father is murdered. Marion Sylder, an outlaw and bootlegger, strangled him to death.

By chance, John and Marion will meet. They will not recognise each other; John will not know what this man has done.

An experimental debut following in the footsteps of William Faulkner, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330511254
SKU
9780330511254
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About Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy was the author of many acclaimed novels, including Blood Meridian, Child of God and The Passenger. Among his honours are the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His works adapted to film include All the Pretty Horses, The Road and No Country for Old Men – the latter film ... Read more

Reviews for Orchard Keeper
Mr McCarthy has the best kind of Southern style, one that fuses risky eloquence, intricate rhythms and dead-to-rights accuracy
New York Times
The feeling for the land and seasons is so intense as to be part of the story and there are scenes one will never forget . . . A complicated and evocative exposition of the transience ... Read more

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