* It’s a saga of unprecedented violence that various warring groups unleash against one another along the U.S.- Mexican border. As a reader I looked for a strong protagonist and some more characters, but I found none. After going through the first fifty pages, I realised that the author in a masterstroke had deliberately made the names of the human beings and places irrelevant. Only the character of ‘Judge’ survives the irrelevance somewhat, otherwise the events that pace up the novel are described in gory details and often unsettle your mind and compel you to put the book aside for a while. Violence is the central theme around which various events are woven. McCarthy’s description of the landscape is vivid, earthy and beautiful. Undoubtedly, it’s a masterpiece in its genre and perhaps his best novel. For me it’s been a great learning experience reading McCarthy’s books and I can’t thank Robert enough for the recommend.
