{"product_id":"outer-dark","title":"Outer Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dark, nihilistic tale, Cormac McCarthy''s second novel \u003ci\u003eOuter Dark\u003c\/i\u003e sees brother and sister wander separately through a countryside scourged by three terrifying and elusive strangers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an unspecified place in Appalachia, sometime around the beginning of the twentieth century, a woman named Rinthy bears 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\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\u003ePraise for Cormac McCarthy:\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","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57397811904894,"sku":"NW9781035039029","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781035039029.jpg?v=1778605621","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/outer-dark","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}