Cormac McCarthy hates quotation marks

[Lethe]

whats the deal here?

who is saying what?

this level of violence is preposterous.

[fishnfla]

1. He tries so hard to be a modern day William Faulkner

another writer who turned into a cheap hollywood hack (towards the end of his career). Reading 'the road' is like reading a screenplay, you can see it coming to a theater near you. I bet the movie is better than the book

he also has extended conversations in spanish, <here just turn the page while my characters communicate>

it is violence just for the sake of violence, blood meridian and child of god especially

I did like that book, Suttree, though

[mitchum]

2. Faulkner only worked in Hollywood for a short time...

(mid career) and got out of there as soon as he could.
He was certainly not a Hollywood hack. Nor is McCarthy.

[fishnfla]

5. yeah that was off base, you're right

n/t

[MilesColtrane]

6. "Reading 'the road' is like reading a screenplay"

Yeah, cause nothing says Hollywood blockbuster like an ambiguous set up, unrelenting grimness, and barbecued babies.

:eyes:

[fishnfla]

7. wait on it

the movie will be better than the book

[MilesColtrane]

8. Yes, I'm sure adding a post-apocalyptic exploding car chase, a love interest,...

...and a marauding band of fleshy-headed mutants will make it much more captivating.

[BlueIris]

3. I love me some Cormac McCarthy.

So I'm fine with the absence of quotation marks.

[Swede]

4. I've only read his book "the Road".

And I did it in one evening. I couldn't put it down.

[cemaphonic]

9. At least it's not in Spanish

Untranslated Spanish