{"product_id":"child-of-god-by-cormac-mccarthy-numbered-edition","title":"Child of God by Cormac McCarthy - Numbered Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003ePRE-ORDER PRICE: $675 \u003cbr\u003ePUBLICATION PRICE: $725 \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA harrowing descent into isolation, violence and the darkest reaches of human nature, \u003cem\u003eChild of God\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Cormac McCarthy’s most inimitably disturbing works, and an early expression of the uncompromising vision that would come to define one of America’s greatest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"letter-spacing: -0.3px;\"\u003eSet in the hill country of East Tennessee, the novel follows Lester Ballard, a dispossessed and solitary man living at the edges of society. After losing his home, Ballard retreats deeper into the wilderness and further from the community that has rejected him, taking refuge first in an abandoned cabin and eventually in a network of mountain caves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs his isolation grows, so does his capacity for violence, and what begins as the story of an outcast becomes something far more brutal. Yet McCarthy refuses to render Ballard as simply monstrous. Described as “a child of God much like yourself perhaps,” he remains recognizably human even as his actions become increasingly horrific, forcing the reader to confront the razor’s edge upon which civilization and savagery meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published by Random House in 1973, \u003cem\u003eChild of God\u003c\/em\u003e was McCarthy’s third novel, following \u003cem\u003eThe Orchard Keeper\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOuter Dark\u003c\/em\u003e, and continued his exploration of the Appalachian South that would characterize his early work. \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e praised the novel’s tightly controlled approach, writing, “Cormac McCarthy's much-admired prose is suspenseful, rich with detail, and yet restrained, even delicate, in its images of Lester's activities. So tightly focused is the story on this one ‘child of God’ that it resembles a myth, or parable.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"letter-spacing: -0.3px;\"\u003eHorrifying and darkly beautiful, \u003cem\u003eChild of God\u003c\/em\u003e is Cormac McCarthy's chilling examination of what is left of a human being when society, morality and every familiar boundary have fallen away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe limited edition of \u003cem\u003eChild of God\u003c\/em\u003e by Cormac McCarthy is presented in three states: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.suntup.press\/products\/child-of-god-by-cormac-mccarthy-artist-edition\"\u003eArtist Edition\u003c\/a\u003e, Numbered Edition and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.suntup.press\/products\/child-of-god-by-cormac-mccarthy-lettered-edition\"\u003eLettered Edition\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eNUMBERED EDITION\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6.7 x 9.5 inches trim size.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e194 Pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLimited to 250 copies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned by John Banville and Barry Moser.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"letter-spacing: -0.5px;\"\u003eTwelve woodcuts by Barry Moser printed letterpress with the text.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuarter goatskin binding with boards covered in handmade batik paper from India, made from recycled cotton rag; each sheet coated in wax, crumpled by hand, and dipped in dye, leaving a network of crackled veins with no two sheets being the same.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetail from one of Barry Moser's woodcuts letterpress-printed on the front board; spine is foil-blocked.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eText set in Poliphilus \u0026amp; Blado, with Caslon Antique for display.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesigned by Jason Dewinetz.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted letterpress on Mohawk Superfine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoused in a clamshell enclosure covered in Natuurlinnen, a woven cotton cloth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEndsheets are black Hahnemühle Bugra.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEndbands are handmade in leather.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes a new afterword by John Banville.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetterpress printed bookmark with all pre-orders.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003ePublished editions may differ slightly from mockups and prototype designs.\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations © 2025 by Barry Moser.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Suntup Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42949118230608,"sku":"CHILDGOD-NUMBERED","price":675.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1801\/0657\/files\/ChildOfGodNumberedClamshell.jpg?v=1789686220","url":"https:\/\/shop.suntup.press\/products\/child-of-god-by-cormac-mccarthy-numbered-edition","provider":"Suntup Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}