(urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned byRudesind

Adam Thornton adam at io.com
Thu Jul 8 20:15:21 PDT 2010


On 07/08/2010 06:50 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>> Well, yes indeed Judge Holden is reminiscent of Baldanders.
>>
>> But the creepier thing is that the Judge, well, he's not really a
>> fictional
>> character.  Or if he is, he's Chamberlain's fictional character.  The
>> height, the albinism, the baldness, and the terrifying and lethal
>> appetites
>> towards children are all there in Chamberlain.
>>      
> Albinism and baldness? Doesn't Baldanders have grey hair?
>    

Oh, crossed wires:

Those are among the characteristics of Judge Holden in _Blood Meridian_ 
which are not invented by McCarthy but narrated or invented by Chamberlain.

Adam



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