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by cgh 1187 days ago
McCarthy simplified his style dramatically with "No Country For Old Men". That novel, and the ones following, are of course still tremendous but lack the almost mythological force of language of his earlier stuff.

My personal early-style favourites: "Child Of God", "Blood Meridian" (of course), "The Crossing"

Later style: "The Road"

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Oh that's interesting. I have almost exclusively read older style. (Only exception is "The Orchard Keeper.")

Interested to try some things from the mythological early style!