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The Orchard Keeper
The Orchard Keeper
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Not since William Faulkner and Robert Penn Warren has any author so captured the mystery, legend, and potential violence of the Southern mystique as in this hauting first novel by Cormac McCarthy. — The scenes, brief and dramatic, are set in the rugged country of eastern Tennessee in the 1930's. The three main characters -- a boy , his father, an...  more »
ISBN: 358539
Pages: 198
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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed The Orchard Keeper on + 67 more book reviews
Very odd book but captivating. Overall, very well worth it.
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I thought this book was just ok. It is McCarthy's early work, and worth the read. I would give it 3 stars. At times, the novel was all over the place, and other's, beautifully written. Not wonderful, but not bad, either.


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