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Outer Dark

By: Cormac McCarthy
Narrated by: Ed Sala
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Outer Dark is a novel at once fabular and starkly evocative, set is an unspecified place in Appalachia, sometime around the turn of the century. A woman bears her brother's child, a boy; he leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes. Discovering her brother's lie, she sets forth alone to find her son. Both brother and sister wander separately through a countryside being scourged by three terrifying and elusive strangers, headlong toward an eerie, apocalyptic resolution.

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Great narration of a tough story. The characters, as always, could each have a book of their own.

Dark

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McCarthy’s language is taught, the plot dark and the outcome haunting. Will listen to this one again.

Dark and brilliant

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Cormac is one of the American literary masters. His characters are Gritty, graphic, violent, complex yet forgiving. The simple narrative gives a magnificent story time to unfold giving the reader a miniature quest to follow. His historical accuracy is also amazing.

Amazing

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This is a great book from Cormac McCarthy’s southern gothic series of books.M, before the westerns and the border trilogy. Full review will be on Goodreads.

Dark, broody and mean

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