{"product_id":"the-gardeners-son-9780062287540","title":"The Gardener's Son","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy's acclaimed first screenplay, the basis for an Emmy-nominated film--a taut, riveting intergenerational drama of fathers and sons, power, inequality, rage, and violence set in post-Civil War South Carolina.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Graniteville, South Carolina, \u003cem\u003eThe Gardener's Son\u003c\/em\u003e is a tale of privilege and hardship, animosity and vengeance brought to life through two families: the Greggs, the wealthy owners of a cotton mill, and their employees the McEvoys, a father and son beset by misfortune. After Robert McEvoy loses his leg in an accident--rumored to have been caused by his nemesis James Gregg, the son of the mill's founder--the angry and bitter young man deserts his job and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo years later, Robert returns. His mother is dying, and his father, the mill's gardener, is confined indoors working the factory line. These intertwined events stoke the slow burning rage McEvoy has long carried, a fury that erupts in a terrible act of violence that ultimately consumes the Gregg family and his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade into an acclaimed film broadcast on PBS in 1976, \u003cem\u003eThe Gardener's Son\u003c\/em\u003e received two Emmy Award nominations and was screened at the Berlin and Edinburgh Film Festivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcCarthy, Cormac:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCormac McCarthy is the author of numerous novels, including \u003cem\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNo Country for Old Men\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Road\u003c\/em\u003e. He has won the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. His plays include \u003cem\u003eThe Stonemason\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Sunset Limited\u003c\/em\u003e, which was originally performed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company. His screenplay \u003cem\u003eThe Counselor\u003c\/em\u003e was made into a film directed by Ridley Scott and released in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50623084003602,"sku":"9780062287540","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3f13fd5e-4d65-4915-abac-5c3f9929087b.jpg?v=1732591393","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gardeners-son-9780062287540","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}