From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prizeâwinning novel The Road
In this taut, chilling story, Lester Ballardâa violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rapeâhaunts the hill country of East Tennessee when he is released from jail.
While telling his story, Cormac McCarthy depicts the most sordid aspects of life with dignity, humor, and characteristic lyrical brilliance.
âLike the novelists he admiresâMelville, Dostoyevsky, FaulknerâCormac McCarthy has created an imaginative oeuvre greater and deeper than any single book. Such writers wrestle with the gods themselves.ââWashington Post