tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19747344.post8837718942429995044..comments2023-09-29T04:37:34.125-07:00Comments on Linda Without Borders: Literary Supplement: the end of The Roadlindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550290075640463707noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19747344.post-6112548352752966822008-11-30T21:26:00.000-07:002008-11-30T21:26:00.000-07:00So which McCarthy book is NOT depressing, dismal, ...So which McCarthy book is NOT depressing, dismal, bleak, and about harsh things? I read two and a half volumes of The Border Trilogy. In The Crossing alone he breaks your heart twice and then - just when you thought he was done - Bam! - a third time. He is a phenomenal writer, I think, also, because he is so economical. Yet the first 30 pages or so of All the Pretty Horses is basically a lyric poem. I'll probably get to The Road when I finish Border Trilogy and then Blood Meridian, which I hear is another tiptoe through the tulips...Kim Diazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01599535118481090345noreply@blogger.com