Cormac McCarthy passes...
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RIP to a great one. His mastery of realistic dialogue was amazing, as was of course his prose. The title of Greatest Living Writer is up for grabs.
I really have to get out more. Based on title, I assumed this was going to be about a pitching coach who turned us down. No sarcasterisks.
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I was thinking he is a pitching coach that told Lemonis no thanks
Well, given some of his more well-known books, I didn't want to say Rest in Peace...
"He was known for his graphic depictions of violence and his unique writing style, recognizable by a sparse use of punctuation and attribution. Mr. McCarthy’s fiction took a dark view of the human condition and was often macabre. He decorated his novels with scalpings, beheadings, arson, rape, incest, necrophilia and cannibalism."
I'm literally 79% of the way through Blood Meridian at the moment. Glanton just got split open by the Yumas.
He was the best living author. Pynchon is most talented, but Cormac was the best/my favorite.
Sad news, but he was closing in on 90. I feel like anyone who gets to spend that long on earth should be celebrated. And, he should be celebrated.
I liked The Road and No Country more than All The Pretty Horses. Never read Passengers or Blood Meridian.
I liked The Road and No Country more than All The Pretty Horses. Never read Passengers or Blood Meridian.
Have read a number of his books. He could hit a high note and a low note as well. Very much underappreciated and he didn't give a damn if he was.
Just for info, Tommy Lee Jones has the film rights to Blood Meridian....bought it fairly cheap. Now waiting for these literary experts on this forum to ask who he is.
The gauntlet is down... Swing your sword Rosebowl.
His style changed a lot. There was the southern stuff (The Orchard Keeper, Outer Dark, Child of God, Suttree, probably put Stonemason here too), then he moved on and wrote Blood Meridian as his first Western. It’s probably his greatest. All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain followed and are good and more readable than Blood Meridian. No Country for Old Men is very different and more of a thriller for most of it. The Road is its own thing. Sunset Limited is its own thing. Passenger and Stella Maris as well.
Depends on what you’re into, but The Road, All the Pretty Horses, and Child of God are all worth reading, even if you hate 2 out of 3. If you like Child of God and All the Pretty Horses, Blood Meridian would be a good one.