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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote: I
haven't read much McCarthy, but liked his voice in
> The Road, but just could not get into Blood Meridian
(yeah, I know, it's
> great and I should try again; someday I
may).
>
I guess it depends on how readers first come upon McCarthy's
work. The first thing I read was precisely Blood Meridian,
which blew me away, as it did later on rereading. I think The
Road is as good as BM, but quite different stylistically
(different plotting tricks, even different sense of
time).
Best,
mrt
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