Read By: Bruce HunteyBook Description================An American classic, The Orchard Keeper is the first novel by one of America's finest novelists and author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller All the Pretty Horses. --------------The writing style is evident, lush wordiage to die for but the plot......there is a sort of plot but it meanders and gets lost. Early McCarthy it is but the genius (for me) is showing through. From what I gather on GR, he is a love him/hate him author - personally, I love his work