John

John asked Ian McGuire:

I've just read The North Water and comment in my Goodreads review that, while reading it, I was suddenly reminded of Cormac McCarthy's landscape descriptions, albeit in a very different context (the Texas-Mexico border). Is his influence one you would acknowledge?

Ian McGuire Hi John:

Well spotted. McCarthy was a major stylistic influence, and his descriptions of the American landscape in the Border Trilogy and elsewhere (which I love) certainly influenced the way I wrote about the Arctic in The North Water.

Thanks for the question
Ian

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