Blood Meridian

[Bekah]

Fwiw,   I loooooved Blood Meridian.   One of my favorite books.   I 
think I appreciated it because I'm history oriented and the treatment 
McCarthy gives the West is pretty unique.   That was goooood!   I 
have Suttree on the shelf and really want to get to it, too.  (Is 
summer coming pretty soon?)  I've skimmed a bit and it looks 
interesting although not the same level, maybe. Perhaps BM was so 
good because it was so different which dims the prospects for Suttree.

Bekah-the-teach


At 8:55 AM -0700 4/19/05, Humberto Torofuerte wrote:
>Whether this one is his best I guess is a matter of opinion...but it
>is the one that gets the most attention from fans and detractors
>alike. None of the other works combines high literary style and
>Pekinpaugh-style ass kicking the way "Blood Meridian" does.  I was
>surprised to read somewhere that Harold Bloom (FWIW) lists this one
>among his top five fave novels.  Going anywhere from here you are
>bound to be disappointed, O Great Quail.  The "Judge" was one of the
>most fascinating characters I've encountered anywhere...absolutely
>loved this book.
>
>>  >Can anyone say anything else about his other books? I bought "Sutree" and
>>  >"Outer Dark" to read next. Does McCarthy's writing hold up, or is "Blood
>>  >Meridian" unique?