[DontchaKnowit]

This is so hilariously pompous. I dont need to give you an example. Im sure you can find one in the first chapter of Child of God.

And grammer matters to the extent that the sentance is able to convey its meaning clearly to the reader. In my opinion, McCarthy does not hit this mark in a lot of case. Maybe im too dense, but his mixture of invented hick language, completely fucked up punctuation, and flowery/poetic language, is often very tough to sus out. What is actually supposed to be happening is often not so clear.

[JoeAltmaier]

That's all important, if he were writing documentation or a technical manual.

That the reader is required to make some effort to un-knot the language is a legitimate tool of the poet. Some are too impatient, used to sound-bytes from a tv personality perhaps, and won't open them selves to something novel or evocative. It has to 'make sense' grammatically and semantically. Poetry is often neither of those.

[DontchaKnowit]

Okay but he is a novelist. I didnt sign up for a book full of confusing necrophelia poetry.

Ultimately this is all a matter if taste

[JoeAltmaier]

Exactly. Not a matter of an incompetent writer who just won't say things plainly and grammatically.

[DontchaKnowit]

Okay sure. I do not have a problem with his skill, but rather his style.

[JoeAltmaier]

Tortured to be sure!

Not a fan myself.