New York: Random House, (1973). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 205 pp. Original half navy cloth over red paper-covered boards, stamped in gold, in original unclipped ($5.95) dust-jacket. Jacket shows trivial handling wear, particular to spine ends and tips, light handling and shelf rubbing to gloss. Vertical imperfection to rear jacket flap cellophane, alleged from publishing. Book is tight, square and firm. Light toning to page edges, mild curling to spine ends. Interior is clean and unmarked. Random House representative slip laid in, perhaps for a review copy, though lacking review materials specifically.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

"Child of God (1973) is the third novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. It depicts the life of a violent outcast and serial killer in 1960s Appalachian Tennessee the novel received critical praise, it was not a financial success. Like its predecessor Outer Dark (1968), Child of God established McCarthy's interest in using extreme isolation, perversity, and violence to represent human experience. McCarthy ignores literary conventions – for example, he does not use quotation marks – and switches between several styles of writing such as matter-of-fact descriptions, extremely detailed prose, vivid and picturesque pastoral imagery, and colloquial first-person narration (with the speaker remaining unidentified)."