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Re:Subterranean Treasures: Cormac McCarthy’s late style by cgh on Friday March 24, 2023 @04:00PM (#35294635)
McCarthy simplified his style dramatically with "No Country For Old Men". That novel, and the ones following, are of course still tremendous but lack the almost mythological force of language of his earlier stuff.

My personal early-style favourites: "Child Of God", "Blood Meridian" (of course), "The Crossing"

Later style: "The Road"

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Re:Subterranean Treasures: Cormac McCarthy’s late style by mpnagle on Saturday March 25, 2023 @12:39PM (#35304340)
Oh that's interesting. I have almost exclusively read older style. (Only exception is "The Orchard Keeper.")

Interested to try some things from the mythological early style!

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