Photo portrait of American author <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy" class="extiw" title="w:Cormac McCarthy">Cormac McCarthy</a> used as the first-edition back cover of his 1973 novel <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_of_God" class="extiw" title="w:Child of God">Child of God</a></i>.
From dust jacket: "Photograph of Cormac McCarthy by David Styles"
1973
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