After trying a couple of his books and giving up (the
creative use or non-use of punctuation, particularly in
dialogue passages, makes it hard to keep reading), I finally
managed to stick with a McCarthy title, his latest, _The
Road_, all the way through and was absolutely riveted. The
book follows a father and son as they trek through the ruins
of an apocalyptic America, foraging for food and trying to
keep clear of the
"bad guys." It's told in short bursts of story and is a
fairly short book, but it was completely gripping and
depressing and noirish. Maybe I'll have to go back and give
_Blood Meridian_ another try after all.
Craig Larson Maple Grove
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