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The Orchard Keeper
The Orchard Keeper
Author: Cormac McCarthy
An American classic, The Orchard Keeper is the first novel by one of America's finest, most celebrated novelists.  Set is a small, remote community in rural Tennessee in the years between the two world wars, it tells of John Wesley Rattner, a young boy, and Marion Sylder, an outlaw and bootlegger who, unbeknownst to either o...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780679728726
ISBN-10: 0679728724
Publication Date: 2/2/1993
Pages: 256
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 25 ratings
Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 3
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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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