Kinda late so I need to make this quick. I just finished
McCarthy's CHILD OF GOD. I read BLOOD MERIDIAN about a year
ago and I would rank it in the top ten books I've ever
read.
CHILD OF GOD fits the Southern Gothic subgenre. Very dark and
twisted. Beautifully written. I was in the middle of Dos
Passos' 42ND PARALLEL when I started CHILD OF GOD, and it was
refreshing to read good prose. Dos Passos is telling a
moderately interesting story, but I can't stomach his
style.
Anyway, back to CHILD OF GOD. It was good. Really good.
Nothing close to BLOOD MERIDIAN, though. A hillbilly named
Lester Ballard loses his land at the beginning and wanders
the hills of Eastern Tennessee as a dispossessed soul.
McCarthy's strange florid yet taut style is mesmerizing. He
excels at portraying the depth to which humanity can sink.
Sordid and funny at the same time. And sad, too.
miker
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