Cormac McCarthy was the author of many acclaimed novels, including Blood Meridian, Child of God and The Passenger. Among his honours were the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His works adapted to film include All the Pretty Horses, The Road and No Country for Old Men - the latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture. McCarthy died in 2023 in Santa Fe, NM at the age of eighty-nine.
McCarthy is a master stylist, perhaps without equal in American letters . . . In his hands, everything is done with consummate skill. * Village Voice * A master in perfect command of his medium * Washington Post * A true American original. * Newsweek * A profound parable that ultimately speaks to any society in any time. * Time *