Blood Meridian

[Ted Samsel]

SMaas sez:
> 
> I read sections of the book, not the whole thing, and found it probably
> the most chilling novel I've ever read. That totally amoral psychopath the
> Judge is about as frightening a fictional character as any I've run
> across. The book so thoroughly debunks the romantic myth of the West that
> you wonder if McGuane thinks there weren't any decent folks at all.  Seems
> like everyone in the book is a bloodthirsty conscience-less wretch.  Hard
> times and survival of the "fittest" I guess.  This isn't a trashing of the
> book--I think it's well worth reading.

McGuane? That's McCarthy. McGuane is downright jolly compared to old
Cormac. But there are "funny" bits in Suttree and even in Child of God
and The Orchard Keeper.

Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net
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