![]() ![]() The book is old- fashioned in that it tells a real story. It is atypical of these post-modern times. some grandstanding by the author, but it was light and it did not feel like a "big statement." At any rate it is among my all time favorites, right up there with the Classics, the Russians and the Moderns. ![]() There is very little but some politicizing. The questions are all apt to the story they provoke deep thought. I think I wish McCarthy had put some of that spiritual searching earlier in the book following so much action, it's a little bottom heavy with stream-of-consciousness, moralizing. There is at least one "missing person," one unexplained death, and it is so much meditation on very "heavy" subjects. ![]() ![]() Still, the end was a little disappointing. It is in parts 7 and 8 that the whole thing begins to stick together. Throughout the book, I kept asking myself "whose story is this?" It comes clear late in the book. The characters are so strong that I will never forget them. As the murder victims added up, I felt so sad, so sorry for them. You want each of them to achieve their goals. Every single character is "sympathetic." You like them all. It is riveting, it is complete, it is complex, it demands much from the reader it requires re-reading of some sections. This is one of the best books I have ever read in my life. ![]()
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