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I loved Blood Meridian. Read it years ago, which of McCarthy's works should I read next?

Cormac McCarthy thread

>> No.19301453

>>19301396
The road

>> No.19301483
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19301483

>>19301396
Suttree
>>19301453
Arguably his poorest work.

>> No.19301500

>>19301396
Suttree, Blood Meridian or The Crossing
All the Pretty Horses is not as good, but also acceptable.

>> No.19301514

>>19301396
Outer dark
Border trilogy
Suttree

In that order

>> No.19301546

>>19301396
Outer Dark is my second favorite novel of his that I’ve read so far but The Orchard Keeper might take its place eventually.
In terms of critical consensus Suttree and The Road are his next most highly regarded though.
Any of you guys ever listen to the Reading McCarthy podcast?

>> No.19301550

>>19301483
Beautiful

>>19301514
Why

>> No.19301553

>>19301396
Read it again.

>> No.19301568

>>19301483
>earth packed with samples of the casket makers trade

This is over wrought. I'm glad he learned to restrain himself. It's why i think the Road is his second best book. It's really sparse writing yet great.

>> No.19301658

>>19301568
It's satire. The whole italics section is satire.
That sounds good though, even if overwrought.

>> No.19301667

>>19301658
>satire
source? Is there any secondary lit on this?

>> No.19301712

>>19301667
Ulysses in knoxville by Rick wallach
It's satirizing Agee's death in the family, which was the OG knoxville novel before Suttree came along.

>> No.19301725

>>19301712
Thanks. Are you researching this or do you just read a lot? It seems you know the text very well.

>> No.19301732

>>19301712
Cope. Agee is leagues better of a writer than McCarthy. Faggot can’t satirize shit.

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19301739

>>19301483
i made this

>> No.19301747

>>19301712
>satirize
I don’t think you know what this word means.

>> No.19301774

>>19301732
Cope

>> No.19301782

>>19301747
You should try to know shit before you speak up, bud. Show us how it is not satire then.

>> No.19301789

>>19301725
No, I just really liked the book.

>> No.19302126

A McCarthy thread not yet taken over by chuds (including that "muh mccarthyfag" retard who destroys all discussion with his "because i don't like him" tier excuses)? Nice.
Sparks of Blood meridian are visible in Outer dark. It definitely has that similar 'moving through nightmare' feel, perhaps even more dreamlike.
Next I would read The Border trilogy. Very different from BM, but is set in the west and it's good to see McCarthy write a very philosophically strong trilogy in a sombre, nostalgic tone; probably his least violent work, also his most lovable characters (but still very minimal as is usual for him).

>> No.19302432

Sutree or Outer Dark, then maybe the boarder trilogy. Skip everything else and maybe read his next book if he even puts another one out, it's been a while now and I have my doubts.

>> No.19302637

>>19301732
Nope.

>> No.19302725

No one's mentioned Child of God, is it not highly regarded? I read that Bloom listed it in his canon along with BM and Suttree.

I'm reading it now after Outer Dark and not enjoying it as much, but I feel like it will get darker and more depraved as it goes on

>> No.19303440

>>19302725
Child of God is just As I Lay Dying but for edgy teenage boys who don't have the attention span to read Faulkner yet. It's worth reading once, but it's not like McCarthy's other works which can be read over and over again (Suttree and Blood Meridian).

I loved Outer Dark until I read Blood Meridian and Faulkner's major novels. Now I'd just rather re-read Blood Meridian or re-read Light in August.

>> No.19303524

>>19303440
Shut up

>> No.19303549

>>19303440
I still rate Outer Dark fairly high, even after reading them. I liked it a lot better than Light in August certainly.

>> No.19303603

>>19303524
>Shut up
Wow. What a constructive contribution to a discussion of literature on the internet. Go read Child of God since you're clearly its intended audience.

>> No.19303846

>>19301568
Without his beautiful prose all you have left is the narrative, which is essentially identical throughout every one of his works
>Life is sad boo hoo, do it anyway because you have to though
The Road was a slog and his worst work.