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His reputation as one of the best living American writers was cemented in the placing of his book ''Literature/BloodMeridian or the Evening Redness in the West'' behind [=Don DeLillo's=] ''Literature/Underworld'' and Toni Morrison's ''Beloved'' in a New York Times poll of the Greatest American novels of the last 25 years.

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His reputation as one of the best living American writers was cemented in the placing of his book ''Literature/BloodMeridian or the Evening Redness in the West'' ''Literature/BloodMeridian'' behind [=Don DeLillo's=] ''Literature/Underworld'' ''Literature/Underworld1997'' and Toni Morrison's ''Beloved'' in a New York Times poll of the Greatest American novels of the last 25 years.
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His reputation as one of the best living American writers was cemented in the placing of his book ''Literature/BloodMeridian or the Evening Redness in the West'' behind Don Delillo's ''Underworld'' and Toni Morrison's ''Beloved'' in a New York Times poll of the Greatest American novels of the last 25 years.

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His reputation as one of the best living American writers was cemented in the placing of his book ''Literature/BloodMeridian or the Evening Redness in the West'' behind Don Delillo's ''Underworld'' [=Don DeLillo's=] ''Literature/Underworld'' and Toni Morrison's ''Beloved'' in a New York Times poll of the Greatest American novels of the last 25 years.
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-> “I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.”

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-> “I’m ''"I'm not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.
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His books are also notable for their stylistic idiosyncrasies. McCarthy refuses to use commas, quotation marks or exclamation marks, and is fond of using extremely long run-on sentences when describing scenes. He often combines these traits for horrific effect, such as describing scenes of barbarity in long, breathless paragraphs that communicate what's going on with feverish intensity.

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His books are also notable for their stylistic idiosyncrasies. McCarthy [=McCarthy=] refuses to use commas, quotation marks or exclamation marks, and is fond of using extremely long run-on sentences when describing scenes. He often combines these traits for horrific effect, such as describing scenes of barbarity in long, breathless paragraphs that communicate what's going on with feverish intensity.

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While [=McCarthy=] has written books in genres such as historical fiction, Southern Gothic, crime and post-apocalyptic science fiction, most of his works are, at heart, Westerns.

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While [=McCarthy=] has written books in genres such as historical fiction, Southern Gothic, crime and post-apocalyptic science fiction, most of his works are, at heart, Westerns.
Westerns. His books are infamous for their extreme content and use of {{Gorn}}. Murder, defilement, and wanton slaughter are par for the course for his works, so be warned if you choose to read them. That being said, they are also often said to be strongly written and deeply affecting. Common themes include existentialism, the importance of decency, the brutal reality of human nature, and the potential for evil that lurks within us all.

His books are also notable for their stylistic idiosyncrasies. McCarthy refuses to use commas, quotation marks or exclamation marks, and is fond of using extremely long run-on sentences when describing scenes. He often combines these traits for horrific effect, such as describing scenes of barbarity in long, breathless paragraphs that communicate what's going on with feverish intensity.

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* ''The Passenger'' (TBA)

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* ''The Passenger'' (TBA)(2022)
* ''Stella Maris'' (2022)
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* ''Literature/OuterDark'' (1968)
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* ''Literature/OuterDark'' (1968)
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* ReclusiveArtistReclusiveArtist: While he does have conversations with journalists, he hates giving interviews, talking about his own work, or even talking about writing.
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A reclusive author, [=McCarthy=] surprised everybody, when he agreed to give his first-ever television interview after [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]] selected ''Literature/TheRoad'' for her famous Book Club.

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A reclusive author, [=McCarthy=] surprised everybody, everybody when he agreed to give his first-ever television interview after [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]] selected ''Literature/TheRoad'' for her famous Book Club.
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* BeigeProse: ''Blood Meridian'' and onwards are these.

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!!Other works by [=McCarthy=] contain examples of:

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Interest in [=McCarthy=] skyrocketed after Creator/TheCoenBrothers' Oscar-winning adaptation of his novel ''Literature/NoCountryForOldMen'' and the adaptation of ''Literature/TheRoad''.

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Interest in [=McCarthy=] skyrocketed after Creator/TheCoenBrothers' Creator/TheCoenBrothers’ Oscar-winning adaptation of his novel ''Literature/NoCountryForOldMen'' and the adaptation of ''Literature/TheRoad''.



* ''Literature/ChildOfGod'' (1973, adapted into a film in 2013)

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* ''Literature/ChildOfGod'' (1973, adapted into a film in 2013)(1973)



* ''Literature/AllThePrettyHorses'' (1992, adapted into a film in 2000)

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* ''Literature/AllThePrettyHorses'' (1992, adapted into a film in 2000)(1992)



* ''Literature/{{Cities of the Plain}}'' (1998)
* ''Literature/NoCountryForOldMen'' (2005, adapted into a film in 2007)

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* ''Literature/{{Cities of the Plain}}'' ''Literature/CitiesOfThePlain'' (1998)
* ''Literature/NoCountryForOldMen'' (2005, adapted into a film in 2007)(2005)
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[[caption-width-right:213:Looks like someone's granddad. Writes stuff that would make Pol Pot cry.]]

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[[caption-width-right:213:Looks like someone's someone’s granddad. Writes stuff that would make Pol Pot cry.]]



* ''Literature/{{Suttree}}'' (1979

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* ''Literature/{{Suttree}}'' (1979(1979)


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* ''Literature/TheCrossing'' (1994)
* ''Literature/{{Cities of the Plain}}'' (1998)
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* ''Literature/TheOrchardKeeper'' (1965)
* ''Literature/OuterDark'' (1968)
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-> “I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.”''

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-> “I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.”''




* ''Literature/{{Suttree}}'' (1979)

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* ''Literature/Suttree'' (1979)

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-> ''"I'm not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing."''

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-> ''"I'm “I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn't doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing."''
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* ''Suttree'' (1979)

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Anton Chigurh and Judge Holden.
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** The Kid from ''Literature/BloodMeridian'' stabs a bartender in the eye with a broken bottle [[DisproportionateRetribution because the bartender refused to pay him for sweeping the floor]].

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* NoPunctuationPeriod: [=McCarthy=] has a number of stylistic idiosyncrasies, but his most pronounced is his continual refusal to use quotation marks, as well as an aversion to apostrophes when using contractions. Another quirk of his is that in many, if not all, of his books, there is not a single exclamation mark. At all. In an interview, he stated it's just because he doesn't want to clutter up the page.


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* WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma: [=McCarthy=] has a number of stylistic idiosyncrasies, but his most pronounced is his continual refusal to use quotation marks, as well as an aversion to apostrophes when using contractions. Another quirk of his is that in many, if not all, of his books, there is not a single exclamation mark. At all. In an interview, he stated it's just because he doesn't want to clutter up the page.
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* KarmaHoudini: Frequently. Most notably, [[spoiler:the three murderous strangers of ''Outer Dark'', Judge Holden of ''Literature/BloodMeridian'', and possibly Anton Chigurh from ''Literature/NoCountryForOldMen''.

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* KarmaHoudini: Frequently. Most notably, [[spoiler:the three murderous strangers of ''Outer Dark'', Judge Holden of ''Literature/BloodMeridian'', and possibly Anton Chigurh from ''Literature/NoCountryForOldMen''.of ''Literature/NoCountryForOldMen'']].

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