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Speaking as another son of a Tennessee industry lawyer—a country music lawyer; it was TVA power that helped turn Nashville into a radio and recording mecca—I think the prime darkness at the heart of Cormac McCarthy’s fiction, always precariously perched over oblivion, began with his father, a fixer behind the laboratory that powered the possibility of human extinction.

For decades, Juan Rulfo’s novel, “Pedro Páramo,” has cast an uncanny spell on writers. A new translation may bring it broader appeal.

Looking to embark on an incredible literary journey? You should start with Cormac McCarthy's extraordinary books! See them all ranked from best to worst.

It is the presence of grace in Cormac McCarthys dark stories that made him truly peerless.

Here are the five Cormac McCarthy book adaptations ranked from worst to best.

American writer won a Pulitzer Prize for his 2006 novel The Road

Readers would be hard-pressed to find a religious creed in the often dark works of Cormac McCarthy. But the writers depictions of darkness are never devoid of light, however tragic or precarious its place in the narratives.

The US novelist shaped the modern idea of the post-apocalypse. Without him, games such as The Last of Us and Red Dead Redemption would not be the same

Matt Jones remembers a literary great and reflects on the expressive power of syntax and vocabulary in the writing of Cormac McCarthy.

The novelist Cormac McCarthy was suspicious of punctuation, profoundly interested in violence, respected skill and physical labour, and loved the ri