I wonder if any contemporary noir writers have commented on
Cormac McCarthy's work, either _No Country for Old Men_ or
earlier, more widely-ranging stories. Contemporary noir
writers might have comments on McCarthy's novels: the
violence and where it comes from, the reality checks and the
debunking of myths and shrines, the 19th century underworld
of the American city are all noirish, as is the poetic,
emotional intensity of McCarthy's descriptions. I suppose
only contemporary novels can be as explicitly, clinically
violent as McCarthy is. He's a hard-boiled Homer, according
to his supporters, with the devil at his elbow, they say, but
might spoil one's taste for Tex-Mex cuisine. No one gets out
alive, that's for sure. Lots of savages but no noble ones
(sounds like US presidents from Texas).
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