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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

by Cormac McCarthy

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  • Hardcover
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Condition
Very Good/Very Good
ISBN 10
039454482X
ISBN 13
9780394544823
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Random House, February 1985. First Edition. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. First printing. Red boards in red cloth back. Slight lean to spine, trivial edgewear and very light spotting on edges. Binding is unusually firm and tight; the copy is likely unread. Very clean internally. Jacket is bright, not clipped and has extremely faint chipping (no paper loss) along edges. Wrapped for preservation.

Synopsis

Blood Meridian , or the Evening Redness in the West, is a 1985 Western novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. It was McCarthy's fifth book and was published by Random House. The narrative follows a teenage runaway referred to only as "the kid", with the bulk of the text devoted to his experiences with the Glanton gang, a historical group of scalp hunters who massacred Indians and others on the United States–Mexico borderlands in 1849 and 1850.

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On Jan 22 2024, a reader said:
Random House, 1985, New York. The genuine American apocalyptic novel, in my opinion, is Blood Meridian, which is still relevant today even though it was published fifteen years ago. As Cormac McCarthy is a deserving student of both Melville and Faulkner, the achieved notoriety of Moby-Dick and As I Lay Dying is enhanced by Blood Meridian. A novel as powerful and unforgettable as Blood Meridian has probably not been written by any other contemporary American novelist, not even Thomas Pynchon "(Harold Bloom). According to Michael Herr, McCarthy's work is a masterpiece and can only be compared to the greatest writers of all time, Melville and Faulkner."

I had also reviewed this book on shabd.in and kindle too.
On Jan 4 2007, Fict said:
Both majestic and terrible, definitely one of the hallmark pieces of literature from the 20th century. You won't be disappointed!

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Details

Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
318051
Title
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
Author
Cormac McCarthy
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
039454482X
ISBN 13
9780394544823
Publisher
Random House
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
February 1985
Pages
327

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