(urth) Blood Meridian - still utterly and completely off topic

[don doggett]

--- Matthew Keeley <matthew.keeley.1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> By the way, I understand that McCarthy has a new
> book, The Road,  
> coming out very shortly. It's about a father and son
> trying to  
> survive in a post-apocalyptic world. Advance word on
> the book seems  
> good, though I don't think it's getting the same
> praise as Blood  
> Meridian or the Border Trilogy (All the Pretty
> Horses, The Crossing,  
> and Cities on the Plain).

I'm a little less than halfway through it (It's a
quick read) so I'll reserve final judgement, but it's
pretty f'd up. I mean that as a compliment, though.
Humanity is winding down to zero and it's not going
gracefully. No postman, no Mad Max, no Mother Abigail
to set shit straight, not even a Vic and Blood (though
I caught a hint of a reference). The narrative choices
that McCarthy's made are making this book a very
interesting read. I'd say I'm looking forward to the
end, but the truth is I'm kind of dreading it; another
compiment to the novel's power.

Don

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