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legendary author Cormac McCarthy was in sexual relationship with minor while he was 43
Posted on 11/26/24 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 11/26/24 at 3:42 pm
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This week, Vanity Fair published a bombshell article revealing that Cormac McCarthy, one of the country’s most celebrated and enigmatic novelists, had a relationship with a girl he met when he was 42 and she was 16, a foster child who felt so unsafe at home she often carried a gun and used the pool area at the motel where he was staying to shower.
The revelations in the article stunned many fans of the famously inscrutable author, but did not come as a surprise to close friends of McCarthy’s or the tight-knit community of scholars who have studied his life and work. McCarthy’s relationship with Augusta Britt lasted nearly until his death in 2023, and came up in his letters over the years.
This saddened me to read, as he is on my personal Rushmore of literary artists.
What the hell was he thinking knowingly being with a 16 year old as a 43 year old man?
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Posted on 11/26/24 at 3:44 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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a foster child
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legendary
This post was edited on 11/26/24 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 11/26/24 at 3:45 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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What the hell was he thinking knowingly being with a 16 year old as a 43 year old man?
It's no country for old men, but for teenagers...
This post was edited on 11/26/24 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 11/26/24 at 3:50 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Well, he did write about characters who were into necrophilia (Child of God) cannibalism (The Road) and having sex with watermelons (Suttree), so was this really a stretch?
Posted on 11/26/24 at 3:56 pm to nealnan8
Right? He wrote some pretty fricked up stuff. I'd be shocked if 16 year olds were his only thing.
Posted on 11/26/24 at 3:59 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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when he was 42 and she was 16
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he is on my personal Rushmore of literary artists
checks out
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:01 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
He managed to run out the clock and get away with it too. Impressive in this era.
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:03 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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This saddened me to read, as he is on my personal Rushmore of literary artists.
You mean WAS on your personal Rushmore of literary artists... right?
Right?
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:04 pm to Twenty 49
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He managed to run out the clock and get away with it too.
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:06 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:Always sounded to me like it was an anagram.
Cormac
Turns out it means “one who takes advantage” in Gaelic.
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:06 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Wait until you hear about all your favorite bands from the 60-80s
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:08 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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literary artists.
Authors
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:15 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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did not come as a surprise to close friends of McCarthy’s or the tight-knit community of scholars who have studied his life and work.
In other words, a lot of people knew, but they kept quiet and let him get away with it.
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:18 pm to Ghost of Colby
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and let him get away with it.
In 26 states, where the age of consent is 16, he wouldn't be "getting away with" anything.
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:19 pm to Ghost of Colby
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In other words, a lot of people knew, but they kept quiet and let him get away with it.
haha exactly
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:22 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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What the hell was he thinking knowingly being with a 16 year old as a 43 year old man?
Not saying that I approve, but this is a 21st century thing, for the most part.
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:29 pm to High C
Llewelyn was 33 when he married Carla Jean at 16.
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:31 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I believe he and the girl in question continued to have a relationship over the remainder of his life, well into her adulthood.
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:37 pm to DmitriKaramazov
He came up in a different era.
Posted on 11/26/24 at 4:40 pm to BuckyCheese
quote:DOUG Llewelyn?????
Llewelyn was 33 when he married Carla Jean at 16.
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