{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgood-scribes-only.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F179-outer-dark-cormac-mccarthy-AvYKXbAr","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"#179 Outer Dark - Cormac McCarthy","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/dc0bf27c-409e-4d1e-9c3d-be80c45f3ec3/c7c442b0-52a6-4e01-84f5-258354bb0155/cropped_1788402907833.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/23a11907-85f2-4011-98f2-9a475ab7ca1a\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"#179 Outer Dark - Cormac McCarthy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"About the Book:\n\nPublished in 1968, Outer Dark is Cormac McCarthy’s haunting second novel, set in the isolated backcountry of Appalachia at the turn of the twentieth century. The story follows Rinthy Holme, a young woman searching for the child her brother Culla has secretly abandoned. As Rinthy travels through a brutal and unforgiving landscape, Culla is pursued by a mysterious trio of men whose presence seems to carry an almost supernatural sense of judgment.\n\nDark, spare, and deeply unsettling, Outer Dark is a journey through a world where violence, superstition, and isolation exist alongside moments of unexpected tenderness. McCarthy blends the traditions of Southern Gothic fiction with biblical imagery and an almost mythic sense of good and evil. The novel offers little comfort, but its stark portrayal of human cruelty, guilt, and desperation makes it an essential early work in the career of one of America's most celebrated writers."}