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Its easy to say that blood meridian is one big mess of gore and fancy language that doesnt really go anywhere. The observer to the majority of this and our hero is an anonymous youth referred to just as the kid. Mccarthy cormac blood meridian or the evening redness in the. A father and his son walk alone through burned america.
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Many literary critics consider it one of the greatest american novels ever written. Blood meridian by cormac mccarthy read by richard poe. Outside, the wave tops blown into long streaks of scud. Its almost 30 years since it was published in 1985, and it is late in my own reading life, because im 72. Richard poes deep, rough voice is the perfect complement to mccarthys intense novel.
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