The Gardener's Son
$19.98
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2014
Summary
The Gardener’s Son is the tale of two families: the wealthy Greggs, who own the local cotton mill, and the McEvoys, a family of mill workers beset by misfortune.
Two years ago, Robert McEvoy was involved in an accident that led to the amputation of his leg. Consumed by bitterness and anger, he quit his job at the mill and fled. Now, news of his mother’s terminal illness brings Robert home. What he finds on his return stokes the slow burning rage he carries within him, a fury that ulti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781447273134 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1447273133 |
| Author: | Cormac McCarthy |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Edition: | Main Market Ed. |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2014 |
| Weight: | 84g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 13mm |
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The Gardener’s Son … refuses to send us off to bed secure in the knowledge that everything in this life has a defined beginning, middle and end … evoked with almost poetic vividness … The result is strangely haunting … a memorable portrait of another place in another time – John O’Connor * New York Times *
About The Author
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy is one of the most enigmatic and reclusive superstars of the modern literary world. Living and writing from El Paso, Texas, he has shunned all requests for interviews, appearances at bookshops or literary festivals. Nonetheless, he remains one of the most admired writers of the last fifty years. His eight novels have received extraordinary reviews, being hailed as masterpieces of American literature. He has won the American National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for All the Pretty Horses, the first book of The Border Trilogy. Cormac McCarthy is the author of twelve novels and a play. All his novels are available in Picador editions. He died in June 2023.
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