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The only good thing about that Morrissey book was the cover made to look like an Oxford Classics novel. Otherwise it is one long super whine.

That’s fair, I hadn’t a breeze what was going on when I read it first. I just wanted you to love it.

;_;

10/10 for both of these. I’ve just started Moby Dick.

I found Suttree to be a complete slog. I can’t take to his earlier books at all, Blood Meridian is where he suddenly finds his power. I love The Border Trilogy and I’m planning a re-read of that soon. Need to read Stella Maris first though.

He’s great at the first half of his books.

Yeah, I don’t know how people deal with true crime. I can barely cope with the news most days.

That’s what I used to think but given the time the book is set (1848-1850), the first

Oh and it took me until this reading (my third) to figure out that the epilogue wasn’t some opaque allegorical mysticism but actually a description of .

That list is great, thanks!

I hadn’t noticed any invented words, curious what you spotted? The translate function on the iPhone camera has been amazing for the Spanish dialogue. On one hand, not having a breeze what is being said gives a certain level of mystery (and tension) but the bits with the travelling juggling act...

I’m re-reading and on page 181 if you want to compare notes. I’m thinking of buying the fancy Folio Society version now. I’d love the Suntup Press edition but I think it goes for about €5000 now: https://suntup.press/blood-meridian/

Jerusalem is great. Takes a little while to get into but glorious once it gets going.

Someone showed them this thread: https://deadline.com/2023/04/new-regency-cormac-mccarthys-blood-meridian-john-hillcoat-1235340998/amp/

It is, yeah. It’s a completely different style to those two. They are really sparse, short sentences whereas Blood Meridian is much more “literary” for want of a better word. I really like No Country and The Road but Blood Meridian is his masterpiece.

Blood Meridian or The Vorrh? Blood Meridian is immense. You’ll need a sit down after reading some of it, super bleak.

Weekly! The Vorrh was good but the rest of the series didn’t really sustain the quality. Not to be a negative nelly while you’re enjoying a book but here I am.

I’m reading The Passenger and I really want to go back to blood meridian again.

I’ve only read Orlando which I found equally impenetrable from a plot perspective.

It’s basically a Raymond Chandler plot with a pair of black sunglasses and computers. The characters are so flat that I really don’t care what happens.