BOOK!!
1+2 / 3 = C
Nan really liked this book and has already had a two part post on this book here and here; it took me entirely too long to finish this book, but the fault is mine not the book’s I assure you. For me, often times a 
good book washes the dust from my veins and lights up places in the grey matter. I was nothing less than glowing when I finished it last night and just sat there for a while thinking, “hell of book.” It is been really good lately to pick up some of these hot contemporary writers that flow into active currents in my mind and give them a powerful charge. What is so good about this work is that McCarthy so artfully presented his themes with great depth and power. Words are just words and they don’t mean anything without a context and he supplies a very sufficient context through which he is able to speak.
There are many that wish they could say what he said but lack the delicate sensibility and craft. A professor can go blue in the face trying to describe the breakdown of man’s communication and the futility of his pursuits and aspirations by digging into the psyche of our perception…but half of those words don’t even mean anything. McCarthy presented a solid work, a must read if your into contemporary post-modern writing. If you get into it and are wondering where his thoughts are, just trust me and keep going. I loved it throughout but to appreciate what he did it has to be seen as a whole. One of the best books I read all year.
-John P.
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