![]() Set in the mid-1800s, “Blood Meridian” is the story of a band of mercenaries paid by the Mexican government to purge the region of Apaches. The finest of McCarthy’s novels is “Blood Meridian,” published in 1985, his first about the Texas-Mexico border (“All the Pretty Horses” would also take place there). McCarthy’s first five books sold fewer than 15,000 copies combined when they were first published. When McCarthy was writing his greatest books - “Child of God,” “Suttree” and “Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West” - the only people paying attention were other writers. McCarthy’s fame, however, is a relatively recent development, brought on by his 1992 bestseller, “All the Pretty Horses,” winner of both the National Book Critics Circle and the National Book awards. First editions of his first five novels sell for thousands of dollars to collectors and devotees. ![]() Academics hold McCarthy conferences and seminars, and his novels appear regularly on university syllabuses. ![]() The publication of “No Country for Old Men,” Cormac McCarthy’s first novel in seven years, is an event: Many believe McCarthy to be America’s greatest living author, if not our greatest novelist since Faulkner and Hemingway. ![]()
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