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Outer Dark

Cormac McCarthy

Start date: April 1, 2023

Finish date: April 30, 2023

Discussion: Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Dec 27, 2017 Janet rated it really liked it

"Cast ye the unprofitable into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." This is a Southern gothic, Appalachian mythical folk tale written by the king of back woods storytelling. His mastery of dialect takes us to incest, murder, vicious confrontations, and canabalism. Centered on Culla and his sister, Rinthy, it is a grim, horrifying, brutal, bleak tale of abandonment, poverty, and extreme cruelty. There is no happy ending here, just McCarthy's exquisite prose weaving a mem ...more

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May 25, 2022 Lisa rated it it was amazing

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Be prepared when you pick up a McCarthy book that you will never be the same. Words, characters and scenes will bury themselves in your psyche. Outer Dark is no exception.

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