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The Orchard Keeper: Cormac McCarthy's first novel of a Southern Quartet The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy was selected by Tom "Big Daddy" Mathews as the Moderator's Choice for Members of On the Southern Literary Trail for January, 2016. First Edition, Random House, New York, New York, 1965

Who’s Who and What's What?? “The cardinal shot like a drop of blood.” “The oil lamp glowed serenely at its image, a soft corolla, inflaming the black window glass where a curled and withered spider dangled with a dusty thread.” “The sun broke through the final shelf of clouds and bathed for a moment th Leggi tutto

There's no question McCarthy is a brilliant prose writer. There are times when I stop in reading to marvel at his stunning verbal combinations. However the subject matter of this book just didn't appeal to me and I found the density of description overwhelming to the plot and actual characters. I kn Leggi tutto

Blame it on Faulkner. You can't write a novel nowadays about the South—good country people, grotesque deviants, backwoods hollers, and wide, copper-colored rivers—without being labeled Faulkner-esque , your work derivative of Faulkner , your themes and language descended from a rich Faulknerian lineag Leggi tutto

Color rating: Mauve There are a lot of reviews that mention the difference between this and McCarthy’s later work. It’s undeniably true that this is a tonal anomaly; the cadence is yet to be developed, the trademark dialogue is almost entirely absent along with the heavy religiosity. Hell, even the Leggi tutto