Not P. Cormac

[David Morris]

The reviewer does make it feel as if McCarthy has jumped the shark with
this one. And his observation that when McCarthy focuses on the day-to-day
life and interactions of Western, the main character, that real
profundities emerge, does ring true.

I don’t know if it’s applicable here, but the architect Frank Loyd Wright
was an undeniable genius,and his work anticipated avant-garde modernism,
which was to follow and supersede his work from across the shore in
Europe.  But Frank Loyd Wright’s work during his senior years was far from
genius.  in fact,  some of it is just schlocky.

On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 3:30 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think the reviewer, whom I know, likes old-fashioned "life and life only
> fiction" basically....that remark about Melville for example...
>
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 2:36 PM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > So this will be his "Ratner's Star"?
> >
> > it's too bad they gave the book to a grumpy reviewer. of course after a
> > huge career there's an (inevitable?) slide in to what seems to younger
> > readers like self parody
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 6:20 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/10/18/cormac-mccarthy-novel-passenger/
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