{"product_id":"the-orchard-keeper-by-cormac-mccarthy-9781035039067","title":"The Orchard Keeper","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in rural Tennessee between the world wars, \u003cem\u003eThe Orchard Keeper\u003c\/em\u003e is the unique, darkly biblical debut novel from the legendary author of \u003cem\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Road\u003c\/em\u003e, Cormac McCarthy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'McCarthy has the best kind of Southern style'\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Wesley Rattner is a young boy when his father is murdered. Marion Sylder, an outlaw and bootlegger, strangled him to death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy chance, John and Marion will meet. They will not recognise each other; John will not know what this man has done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn experimental debut following in the footsteps of William Faulkner, this is a magnificent conjuring of an American landscape - and a devastating portrayal of innocence lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A complicated and evocative exposition of the transience of life'\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eHarper's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Cormac McCarthy:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute'\u003c\/em\u003e - Anne Enright, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Green Road\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Wren, The Wren\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power'\u003c\/em\u003e - Stephen King, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eDark Tower\u003c\/em\u003e series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence'\u003c\/em\u003e - Annie Proulx, author of \u003cem\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45918875943148,"sku":"9781035039067","price":18.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035039067.jpg?v=1732139848","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-orchard-keeper-by-cormac-mccarthy-9781035039067","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}