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Published in 1985, Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West follows a teenage runaway known as the Kid into the company of scalp hunters led by John Joel Glanton. Much of the central action takes place around the United States-Mexico border in 1849 and 1850. Its historical...
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Widely regarded as an American masterpiece; extraordinary prose, historical vision, and philosophical force outweigh persistent objections to brutality and difficulty.
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"Suttree" is a novel written by American author Cormac McCarthy, first published in 1979. Set in the early 1950s, the narrative follows Cornelius Suttree, a man who has abandoned his privileged background to live in a houseboat on the Tennessee River in Knoxville. The book provides a stark, detailed...