Outer Dark

Cormac McCarthy's second novel, Outer Dark, is a dark, nihilistic tale of brother and sister wandering through a countryside plagued by three terrifying and elusive strangers. It is part of the Picador Collection, celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature. McCarthy's prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 13 June 2024
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Cormac McCarthy's second novel, Outer Dark, is a dark and nihilistic tale that follows the journey of brother and sister Rinthy and Culla as they wander separately through a countryside plagued by three terrifying and elusive strangers. Set in an unspecified place in Appalachia, the novel begins with Rinthy giving birth to her brother's child, but Culla abandons the baby in the woods and tells Rinthy that he has died by natural causes. Wracked by sin, Culla also leaves for the countryside, where he will be haunted by The Trio, punishers and murderers. The novel moves towards its eerie, apocalyptic resolution. Outer Dark is part of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature. Praise for Cormac McCarthy's work includes Anne Enright, who describes his books as terrifying and absolute, Stephen King, who praises his prose as hallucinatory and evangelical, and Annie Proulx, who describes his work as showing the necessity of facing up to existence.

Weight: 186g
Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781035039029