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>casually writes a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel in six weeks
Based Cormac.

>> No.19546403

It is indeed exceptionally based. He is probably one of the few people in the 100 years who could conceviably be mentioned in the same breath as Shakespeare and other similar people.

>> No.19546408

>>19546403
>shakespeare in the same breath

why do people have to be like this? Why can't he be just really fucking good? Fucking kids with their binary 1 or 10 ratings. Zooming shit, enjoy the world we shat up for you.

i don't even like shakespeare, i just hate you.

>> No.19546414

>>19546408
Genius is genius anon, they tend to be lumped together.

>> No.19546420

McCarthy is the one author that I'm confident that will be remembered from our time

>> No.19546422

>>19546420
Same.

>> No.19546533

Just finished all the pretty horses, the crossing, and blood meridian. I’m lost on what to read next, McCarthy is too good. Any suggestions?

>> No.19546540

>>19546533
Suttree then Child of God.

>> No.19546553

>>19546540
Seconding this.

>> No.19546855

>>19546533
Suttree is his best, imo. So fucking based.

>> No.19546983

>>19546408
It's the springtime of our youth you old bat. Enjoy fading into irrelevance

>> No.19547312

>>19546983
>Enjoy fading into irrelevance
I will while I'll watch you bloom into it, whippersnapper.

>> No.19547317

i hope one day he'll write a book about gonzo porn desu

>> No.19547326

>>19546420
It is a given.
>>19546533
Do not skip 'Cities of the plain'. It is kino.

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>>19546390
Must be nice, ahyuck.

>> No.19547341

>>19546390
I like cormac, but jesus christ is his writing style fucking boring.

>> No.19547360

>>19547341
Filtered

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>>19546533

>> No.19547404

>>19546420
I'm pretty confident about Seamus Heaney as well. Neither rely on contemporary references or other gimmicks that might date them

>> No.19547420

>>19547404
>both ethnically Irish
Beckett will also last. Is there something unique in the Irish gene?

>> No.19547489

>>19546390
The Road was the absolute definition of mid, and the Pulitzer is an embarassment.
The Sympathiser and The Goldfinch were both dogshit. The Road is a hair's width better - maybe it would be great, were it not for the predictable shock-porn ending.

>> No.19547497

>>19547420
A distinct cultural and religious minority that is immune to alcohol, the downfall of lesser writers.

>> No.19549020

>>19547420
Historically they were known for their literary abilities and appreciation for good storytelling. Probably because there was fuck all else to do on a rainy north atlantic island

>> No.19549056

>>19546408
>why do people have to be like this? Why can't he be just really fucking good?
Why can't Shakespeare be really fucking good? Why must we use his name to mean "greatest writer who ever lived"? Why must we put him above all others?

>> No.19550396

>>19547489
Nah. The Road is great.

>> No.19550409

>He did this, then did that then did this
What is this retarded prose? No wonder its a reddit tier boom