Cormac McCarthy didn't just write bleak books — he bottled cataclysms on the page. His stories are populated by killers, drifters, prophets, orphans, and outcasts, all moving through a world where ...

The late author Cormac McCarthy was one of the preeminent chroniclers of the American condition. His novels, often filled with harsh violence and bleak outcomes, left a scorched path of uncompromising ...