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I’m only just discovering McCarthy, what do you consider to be his best? I have read The Road and All The Pretty Horses. I bought The Crossing this week too. Would appreciate your thoughts.
Comment by MadameBattleMonkey at 23/02/2025 at 20:29 UTC
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I think his best is Blood Meridian, but it is not my favorite. I prefer story and characters over descriptions of scenery. The Road is my favorite due to the emotion and despair of the story rather than having endless scenery described to me. I recently finished The Crossing and liked it. If you want an easy read by McCarthy try No Country for Old Men. Anton Chigurh is my favorite villain/antagonist of all time.
Blood Meridian is, to me, is a difficult read due to the prose, lack of punctuation, a deep vocabulary. It is unlike anything I have read before. A lot of people don't make it through the book on their first attempt.