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PET PEEVE ALERT: a) I'm not sure that I'm up to the third part of the trilogy for a while, though. McCarthy seems determined to express a second calling as a technical writer of bygone technologies. His impressively detailed reportage often seems to exist for its own sake, which, for me, is not enough. I prefer to save that for my next (first) visit to the cowboy museum. In the meantime, how about moving that plot along?

b) Apparently, every Mexican is/was an eloquent philosopher, just as no American is/was. Amazing. Since they're fictionally philosophizing about a fictional world based on fictional experiences, I would prefer to see their debate acted out more than delivered in an expository fashion.]]>