The Gardener’s Son: A Screenplay.

MCCARTHY, Cormac.

Item Number: 141435

London: The Ecco Press, 1996.

Signed limited edition of McCarthy’s beautifully crafted, haunting work. Octavo, original cloth. One of three hundred and fifty numbered and boxed copies signed by Cormac McCarthy on the limitation page, this is number 51. Fine in a fine slipcase.

Based on true events which took place in the mill town of Graniteville, South Carolina in 1876, The Gardener's Son follows the wealthy Greggs, who run the mill, and the poor McEvoys, who work there. The animosity between their sons leads to tragedy. McCarthy wrote the screenplay at the request of director Richard Pearce for a two-hour episode of the television series Visions that was broadcast by PBS on January 6, 1977. The episode was nominated for two Emmy awards and was subsequently published in book form.