{"product_id":"orchard-keeper-1","title":"Orchard Keeper","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in rural Tennessee between the world wars, \u003ci\u003eThe Orchard Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e is the unique, darkly biblical debut novel from the legendary author of \u003ci\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003c\/i\u003e, Cormac McCarthy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'McCarthy has the best kind of Southern style' - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e John Wesley Rattner is a young boy when his father is murdered. Marion Sylder, an outlaw and bootlegger, strangled him to death.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e By chance, John and Marion will meet. They will not recognize each other; John will not know what this man has done.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An 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.\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 complicated and evocative exposition of the transience of life' - \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praise 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\u003e and \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":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Orchard Keeper","offer_id":45580313919685,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-0350-3906-7.jpg?v=1767413635","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/orchard-keeper-1","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}