Outer Dark
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Ed Sala
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Cormac McCarthy
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Outer Dark is 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.
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- jamie
- 23-06-24
perfectly narrated
Cormac McCarthy writes about the human condition. He doesn't shy away from or deny, any of its aspects.
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- Joanna
- 04-01-25
Great narration of a great story
A gripping tale told with McCormack’s usual brilliance. Highly recommend but be warned - it’s a dark tale to hear.
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- chris
- 01-03-19
pay attention
not an easy listen, casual violence lyrically written and performed brilliantly. The words are lean and the talented narrator delivers them vividly. Only an American actor could do this because he captures the nuances of the language and the rhythm of McCarthy's prose which immerses the listener in the bleak but brilliant novel from one the world's greatest writers.
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- Dan Thurley
- 18-04-22
christ that was bleak
love Cormac Mccarthy, and this was no exception if you like unrelenting, grinding poverty, misery and awfulness.
really well read and atmospheric, I did enjoy it but don't expect any rays of sunshine.
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- Sarah
- 14-01-24
Quietly horrific
Classic Mcarthy, worth a listen and a read. brilliant work by the narrator as well.
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- Heisenberg
- 24-08-19
Bleak subject matter but sublime writing.
Nobody writes quite like Cormac McCarthy.
A dark Southern Gothic tale of an incestuously conceived baby abandoned in the woods, and the mother's subsequent search for her child.
If that sounds like a very dark story to you, then you would be correct; this is, after all, Cormac McCarthy. Yes, it is bleak, but at the same time it is written in the most lyrical, beautiful style that I have encountered.
It is perfectly read by Ed Sala, his voice and manner completely in sync with McCarthy's writing.
Given the subject matter, this is not for everyone, but my goodness it is writing so near perfect that it takes the breath away.
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- Nigel
- 09-09-24
A deeply sad but compelling tale told beautifully.
Few books have characters as real and empathetic as Cormac McCarthy’s. The tragedies of their lives make me appreciate everything in mine. This story’s twists and turns are unpredictable, fascinating and cathartic.
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- John Remedy
- 05-03-25
A wonderful journey, for the reader at least.
McCarthy has a way with words and prose unlike many who have come before or since. The bleak nihilism of the story itself made beautiful and captivating with his language. With a new pair of noise-cancelling headphones I was able to lose myself in the narrator's diction and flow. This book was a wonderful journey, for the reader (listener) at least.
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- hfffoman
- 13-11-13
Bleak but riveting
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An extremely bleak story but so well written as to be entirely absorbing. The dialogue is so good I cannot think of any novelist who surpasses it. The reading is perfect for the book, so gritty you feel you are right there among these wiry people, tough as worn out boots. Ed Sala is a true performer, bringing out the dialogue perfectly. I will look for more books he has done..
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- Conservationhank
- 09-06-24
An atmospheric literary classic
A powerful and harrowing story beautifully and evocatively written and brilliantly narrated in a style absolutely appropriate to the voice of the author.
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