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Old 07-22-2012, 02:21 AM   #193
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Originally Posted by chumdawg View Post
The way you describe Leaves sounds like a hell of a mind blow, in a very good way. I'm interested.

Where does a reader like you fall on the likes of Cormac McCarthy? Good stuff, or formulaic?
To be honest, I have only lightly sprinkled fiction into my reading. I'm only familiar with the film adaptations of his work, although I have been told that Blood Meridian is about as real and raw as it gets. I am told that he paints very bleak narratives in a compelling way.
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