Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1996. First Edition. The first appearance of the film script for The Gardener’s Son in book form. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket. The Gardener’s Son was produced as a two-hour film starring Penelope Allen, Ned Beatty, Kevin Conway, and Brad Dourif and was broadcast on PBS in 1976, received two Emmy nominations and was shown at the prestigious Berlin and Edinburgh Film Festivals.

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Cormac McCarthy's screenplay tells the tale of the tangled fates of two families of Graniteville, South Carolina, in the years following World War II. The story is about the Greggs, a wealthy family that owns and operates a local cotton mill, and the McEvoys, a family of mill workers. A young man, Robert McEvoy, has his leg amputated due to an accident that is purported to have been caused by one of the Greggs. Crippled and bitter, he leaves home and only returns at the news of his mother's illness.

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Bookseller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 22208E
Title: The Gardener’s Son: A Screenplay
Author: MCCARTHY, CORMAC
Book Condition: Used
Publisher: The Ecco Press
Place of Publication: Hopewell, NJ
Date Published: 1996

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