num_pages: 256
description: A woman bears her brother's child, a boy. The brother leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes. Discovering her brother's lie, she sets forth alone to find her son. Brother and sister wander through a countryside being scourged by three terrifying strangers, toward an apocalyptic resolution.
language: English
title: Outer Dark
titlecomplete: Outer Dark
characters: Rinthy Holme, Culla Holme
genres: American, Southern, Literary Fiction, Novels, Southern Gothic, Gothic, Literature, Horror, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 19619
publisher: Picador