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I am giving this book five stars while simultaneously recommending that none of my reading friends actually read it unless you pick it up as an intellectual, academic exercise with a group of like minded friends. I'm completely serious here because this book is not enjoyable reading. So why the five stars?
Well, first it is poetry of the first order. Gorgeous evocative poetry. And that poetry raps around a very serious theme about mankind and the inner drive for survival that ultimately overcomes ...more
Well, first it is poetry of the first order. Gorgeous evocative poetry. And that poetry raps around a very serious theme about mankind and the inner drive for survival that ultimately overcomes ...more
Review: This is a novel of the American West, the true story not the romantic story. In the style of McCarthy, it is violent and sparse, Biblical tone and in the style of no punctuation that McCarthy is known. It follows the Kid who leaves home at 14 and joins up with a gang that is murdering Indians for their scalps. It is based on the historical events that took place in 1850s along the Texas-Mexico border. I asked myself, can this really be true or did the author use poetical license so he co ...more
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