--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Craig Larson"
<CLarson@...> wrote:
>
> After trying a couple of his books and giving up
(the creative use or
> non-use of punctuation, particularly in dialogue
passages, makes it hard
> to keep reading), I finally managed to stick with a
McCarthy title, his
> latest, _The Road_, all the way through and was
absolutely riveted. The
> book follows a father and son as they trek through
the ruins of an
> apocalyptic America, foraging for food and trying to
keep clear of the
> "bad guys." It's told in short bursts of story and
is a fairly short
> book, but it was completely gripping and depressing
and noirish. Maybe
> I'll have to go back and give _Blood Meridian_
another try after all.
>
You must. Blood Meridian is made of the stuff they give (or
ought to give) Nobel prizes for... speaking of which,
McCarthy's name was sounding insistently for the Prize this
year. Maybe an ultrahardboiled master will finally win it.
Now watch them give it to Updike or Oates, and watch me
covered in egg (the egg of honor, to salvage
something).
Best,
MrT
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