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Cormac McCarthy (Identities and Issues in Literature)
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Until the publication of All the Pretty Horses, which won national awards and recognition, Cormac McCarthy was something of a cult writer, kept alive by a devoted circle of critics and readers who appreciated his dark, brooding sensibility and poetic prose style. Although he is now a writer with a national reputation, McCarthy remains a mystery man. He eschews publicity and seldom grants interviews. Restless and elusive, he has divorced twice and has lived in Chicago, Las Vegas, New Orleans, London, Paris, and various border towns in Texas and Mexico.
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