“The Road” is not a happy story. Amid the violence and the starvation, Father does his best to give Son the best life he can. He teaches Son what it means to be a “good guy” or a “bad guy.” He does ...

Luce notes that at the time, Cormac McCarthy was living in ... was in East Tennessee and its parallels with Child of God, it seems likely that McCarthy was familiar with the case and drew on ...

Cormac McCarthy's third novel, Child of God, follows Lester Ballard, an abandoned, hopeless man who turns to violence and serial murder as he loses his grip on his sanity. The story goes back and ...