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Cormac McCarthy books
Posted on 5/19/22 at 7:23 pm
Posted on 5/19/22 at 7:23 pm
I’ve read No Country and The Road, loved both, now on Blood Meridian.. really like his writing. Anybody here like his works? Any other books of his I should get into?
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Posted on 5/19/22 at 7:35 pm to Jiggy Moondust
One of the great American authors of all time. I've read Blood Meridian, All The Pretty Horses, The Crossing, No Country For Old Men, and The Road. All great especially No Country For Old Men. I would read All The Pretty Horses and The Crossing next. The Road was rough to get through.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 7:54 pm to rebelrouser
I really enjoyed No Country.. Cormac can make a villain ( shugher) the judge) an uncomfortable evil
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:07 pm to Jiggy Moondust
Really liked Blood Meridian- I read all the pretty horses on a couple of long travel days and I’m having a Hard time remembering it. I’ll have to give it a re-read.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 5:53 am to Jiggy Moondust
If you liked No Country and Blood Meridian then maybe the border trilogy next (All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain). I went through all three earlier this year and liked them even more than the first time through a decade ago. In some ways you can make a case that No Country is a fourth book of the trilogy, it has a lot of the same themes and is a logical progression. He may be our best living writer, there aren't any of his books that I wouldn't recommend. Suttree may be my favorite, but they are all good.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 8:16 am to Jiggy Moondust
I agree with all of the above posts.
I've read NCFOM, The Road, All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Blood Meridian and Outer Dark. I'd recommend the Border Trilogy books. All the Pretty Horses was probably my favorite of those. Pure cowboy romanticism in my opinion.
He's my favorite author and I'm extremely excited for the two new releases due out at the end of the year.
I've read NCFOM, The Road, All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Blood Meridian and Outer Dark. I'd recommend the Border Trilogy books. All the Pretty Horses was probably my favorite of those. Pure cowboy romanticism in my opinion.
He's my favorite author and I'm extremely excited for the two new releases due out at the end of the year.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 11:43 am to Tigris
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maybe the border trilogy next (All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain)
Read these next
Posted on 5/20/22 at 1:21 pm to Jiggy Moondust
You need to read Child of God.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:14 pm to thedrumdoctor
All the Pretty Horses is probably my favorite too
I think the mediocre movie and the fact that a lot of us read it in school put a damper on it as a popular pick for McCarthy, but it's great.
I think the mediocre movie and the fact that a lot of us read it in school put a damper on it as a popular pick for McCarthy, but it's great.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 6:15 pm to Pettifogger
I loved all the pretty horses. I also had the good fortune of discovering cormac McCarthy while working on a ranch 30 miles south of Marfa, TX so the landscape as a character really hit home.
In the end though, I wish the man wasn’t so dark. I think he’s as good with language as any modern writer but is just so damn depressing and violent.
In the end though, I wish the man wasn’t so dark. I think he’s as good with language as any modern writer but is just so damn depressing and violent.
Posted on 5/24/22 at 1:17 pm to Jiggy Moondust
The Road fricked me up for a while
Posted on 5/25/22 at 12:07 am to Jiggy Moondust
Blood Meridian is brilliant, but I find the incorrigible anti-rationalist fatalism of some of his other works to be insufferable. The Road was particularly egregious.
Posted on 5/30/22 at 10:02 am to DmitriKaramazov
I'd recommend Child of God and Outer Dark.
Posted on 6/2/22 at 9:46 pm to ned nederlander
Suttree is less dark. Characters are likeable social outcasts. The dialogue and storylines are humorous and lighthearted. Still pretty dark undertones in the storyline, though. Orchard Keeper is a good read too, on the brighter side; for McCarthy.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 9:39 pm to Jiggy Moondust
One of my My favorite authors. Blood Meridian is somewhat difficult to read given his use of obscure words. His sentence structure is great.
I’ve read all those and the border trilogy.
I’ve read all those and the border trilogy.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 7:52 am to Pettifogger
How’d y’all handle the Spanish in All the Pretty Horses?
I’ve read other CM books but keep delaying this one since lots of people complain about the Spanish dialogue
I’ve read other CM books but keep delaying this one since lots of people complain about the Spanish dialogue
Posted on 6/18/22 at 3:34 pm to Jesco
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Suttree is less dark.
It says a lot when a guy living in a shack next to the Mississippi River, wandering around drunk all the time, is less dark. I agreed with your statement, but it’s a little misleading. Like saying a coffin on a moonless night is less dark than the center of a black hole.
Posted on 6/19/22 at 4:54 pm to Charter Embers
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a guy living in a shack next to the Mississippi River
It's in Knoxville on a houseboat, based on Cormac's experiences there. I'll completely agree that "less dark" is relative. It has more humor that anything else McCarty has done. And it's still got VERY dark elements to it too. I think it might be his most underrated book, I loved it when I went through it again last year.
Posted on 6/19/22 at 7:55 pm to Tigris
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It's in Knoxville on a houseboat
My bad. I just remember the sewage smells, dirty islands and river bank, scrapyard(or was it a car on blocks that someone was living in?), and thought of the Mississippi. But now that I think about it there was some cave dwelling too.
And just to clarify, when I said that it says a lot, being less dark, I was referring to McCarthy’s work, not you.
This post was edited on 6/19/22 at 7:59 pm
Posted on 6/23/22 at 2:30 pm to Jiggy Moondust
Looking back, I'm glad I read The Road before I became a father. I don't think I could get through it now after having kids. Probably would be too intense.
Blood Meridian was probably the most violent book I've ever read. The darkness of humanity in that novel is visceral and unlike anything in any other book I've ever read.
I'm half-way through the Border Trilogy. All the Pretty Horses was very good. To answer a previous poster's question about the Spanish, there is quite a bit of it. I've been in Houston for a while now, so I was able to understand a lot of it without looking it up. There are other words directly related to horses that I didn't know. I was glad I looked them up.
My vocabulary improves while reading his books. I write down all the new words I learn along the way in the front of the book and the definitions. That way, if I pick up the book again, I can look back at these rarely used words that were perfectly placed by the author.
I'd say he's my second favorite writer behind Twain.
Blood Meridian was probably the most violent book I've ever read. The darkness of humanity in that novel is visceral and unlike anything in any other book I've ever read.
I'm half-way through the Border Trilogy. All the Pretty Horses was very good. To answer a previous poster's question about the Spanish, there is quite a bit of it. I've been in Houston for a while now, so I was able to understand a lot of it without looking it up. There are other words directly related to horses that I didn't know. I was glad I looked them up.
My vocabulary improves while reading his books. I write down all the new words I learn along the way in the front of the book and the definitions. That way, if I pick up the book again, I can look back at these rarely used words that were perfectly placed by the author.
I'd say he's my second favorite writer behind Twain.
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