hi everybody!
well, i finished mccarthy's _blood meridian_. spectacular
book. best i've read in a long, long time. the last thing
that came close was frazier's _cold mountain_. i think the
book exists on two levels, but i stuck close to the surface.
i look for meanings and insights involving human experience.
issues on a grander scope, like comments about the policies
of western expansionism, don't do much for me.
in my very limited reading experience, this book was by far
the darkest and most sinister noir i've encountered. but the
characters still seemed human, and the events believable. i
searched the avis archives and found references to but little
discussion of the book itself. too bad.
a spectacular work. i highly recommend the book, but be
forewarned: the vocabulary is a bit extended and the style
leans towards the eloquent.
time for me to return to rankin's _black book_.
miker
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