Pile o’ Books is two years old. I once read that on the day a child turns two you’re meant to be able to double their height and you will know their length as an adult. Always seemed to me there’d be quite a few short adults wandering around. So what does P’o’B reaching toddlerdom mean? Well, it [...]
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Book 26: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Posted in American contemporary, Cormac McCarthy, Reading, westerns on 22 October, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I don’t know where to begin. I finished reading this book two weeks ago and I’m still speechless (about the book, not speechless in general, that’s impossible). I’m still thinking about it. Still trying to decide things. And still feel ill-equipped to explain it to anyone (except in the barest of terms). All I can [...]
Week Two: No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy
Posted in Books, Cormac McCarthy, Reading, westerns on 22 January, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I spent years avoiding Cormac McCarthy. Like a hangdog sheriff he stalked me through various university courses, tempting award winnings (his) begging for a read and even Oprah got on board at some point, but still I resisted. He frightened me a bit. Those spare, dusty excerpts that were compulsory inclusions in university courses rubbed [...]
