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What book are you currently reading, or recommend?

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To be clear, Cormac McCarthy is incredibly talented. Blood Meridian is one the best reads ever for wordsmithing and image conveying.

But the Road - I dunno - as a father of two boys, it was heart rending.
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Next time you need a pick me up turn to some of his early stuff. The Outer Dark makes The Road read like a comic book. And there is of course The Orchard Keeper - a book based loosely on the limerick "There once was a hermit named Dave....."

Dark as they are they are the books that made me a McCarthy fan.
 
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Oh8ch;1656214; said:
Next time you need a pick me up turn to some of his early stuff. The Outer Dark makes The Road read like a comic book. And there is of course The Orchard Keeper - a book based loosely on the limerick "There once was a hermit named Dave....."

Dark as they are they are the books that made me a McCarthy fan.
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Yulp Outer Dark is one of the darker books I have ever read but it was a pretty entertain and quick read. His newer stuff reads just like a movie script, but his older stuff I had to reread some parts to make sure I really read that.
 
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[quote='BusNative;165613;6]Well you and your 143,999 best friends can imagine whatever you want then. I'm calling it a wrap at the end of the known world. :wink:[/quote]

Pointing out mistaken claims about something you apparently haven't read hardly turns my atheist ass into a Jehova's Witness. :p
 
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Speaking of Cormac McCarthey, has anyone ever read "Child of God"? I think that is next in my queue.
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It has been too long since I read early McCarthy and I had "Child of God" confused with the "Orchard Keeper". It is "Child of God" that has a necrophiliac theme - not that there is anything wrong with that.

Good read, although his early stuff leads you to the inescapable conclusion that he is one sick fuck.
 
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