{"product_id":"outer-dark","title":"Outer Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunting tale of guilt and redemption, Cormac McCarthy's gothic masterpiece \u003ci\u003eOuter Dark \u003c\/i\u003efollows a brother and sister on a dark journey through the Appalachian wilderness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A profound parable that ultimately speaks to any society in any time' - \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an unspecified place in Appalachia, a woman named Rinthy gives birth to her brother's child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe brother, Culla, abandons the baby in the woods, and tells Rinthy that he has died by natural causes. When she sees his grave empty, she sets forth alone to find her son.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWracked by sin, Culla too leaves for the countryside. He will be haunted by The Trio, punishers and murderers, as the novel moves towards its eerie, apocalyptic resolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Cormac McCarthy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Road \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e No Country for Old Men\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute' - Anne Enright, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Green Road \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Wren, The Wren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' - Stephen King, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e and the Dark Tower series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' - Annie Proulx, author of \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 256 pages | Published June 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63986276827485,"sku":"9781035039029","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781035039029.jpg?v=1774497754","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/outer-dark","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}