I chiefly remember Cormac McCarthy as an up and coming Southern writer in the 1970s who wrote a book about a necrophiliac. Real Southern Gothic stuff.
But I read a review of his new book, No Country For Old Men, in the WSJ and when they mentioned excessive violence I knew I had to read it.
It is an excellent book. His writing style is very spare but powerful. And he has an obvious love for guns.
Now I am starting on his Border Trilogy and liking that too.
