num_pages: 197
description: Falsely accused of rape, Lester Ballard – a violent, dispossessed man who haunts the hill country of East Tennessee – is released from jail and allowed to roam at will, preying on the population with his strange lusts. His everyday actions are transformed into stunning scenes of the comic and the grotesque. And as the story hurtles toward its unforgettable conclusion, McCarthy depicts the most sordid aspects of life with dignity, humor, and characteristic lyrical brilliance.
language: English
title: Child of God
titlecomplete: Child of God
characters: Lester Ballard
genres: American, Southern, Gothic, Southern Gothic, Novels, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Crime
ratings_count: 43108
places: Tennessee
publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group