A review by matthewcpeck
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy

4.0

3 1/2 stars. Not McCarthy's best, but still worlds better than your average serial-killer novel. It plunges the reader into the world of a man whom McCarthy variously compares to a gnome, a troll, and "a child of God much like yourself", with no psychoanalysis and only a hint of backstory. Lester's wintertime saga interspersed with short anecdotal/dialogue chapters from Tennessean old-timers, which add a welcome dosage of dry humor. Just don't give this book to a girl you've begun dating.