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Blood Meridian
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| Type | Book / Novel |
| Info | Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West is a sprawling and profound work of literature that was penned by the renowned American author Cormac McCarthy in 1985. This monumental novel falls within the realm of the Western genre, although it can also be seen as an anti-Western due to its subversive and unconventional narrative elements. Positioned as McCarthy's fifth book, it was released by the esteemed publishing house Random House, further solidifying its significance in the literary world. The story is set in the wild American frontier, following a fictional teenager from Tennessee known as "the kid" as he navigates the brutal world of the Glanton gang. This group of scalp hunters, operating in the United States–Mexico borderlands in the late 1840s and early 1850s, is notorious for their ruthless killings of American Indians and others for profit and pleasure. The narrative focuses on the harrowing experiences of the kid as he becomes entangled with this violent gang, particularly as he comes face to face with the enigmatic and terrifying Judge Holden. This monstrous figure, with his immense size, intelligence, and penchant for sadistic violence, emerges as a formidable antagonist, reveling in the bloodshed and destruction that follows in his wake. |
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