Outer Dark

By Cormac McCarthy | Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

About the book

From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road • 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.

Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.

Editions of Outer Dark

Paperback
ISBN 9780679728733
Paperback
ISBN 9780345221056
EBook
ISBN 9780307762498

Read an Excerpt

From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road • 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.

Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Outer Dark about?

From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road • 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.

Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Outer Dark?

Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre

Where can I read a sample of Outer Dark?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780679728733

Is Outer Dark part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?

Yes it is a part of series Vintage International

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Outer Dark?

Cormac McCarthy

Who is the Publisher of the book Outer Dark?

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Outer Dark is available as paperback(ISBN 9780679728733) and paperback(ISBN 9780345221056) and ebook(ISBN 9780307762498)

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