Cormac McCarthy

- Name: Charles McCarthy
- Born: July 20, 1933
- Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island
- Literary Genre: Southern Gothic, Western
- June 5, 2007: Oprah Winfrey hosts first-ever TV interview
- Often compared to William Faulkner and Herman Melville
- Awards: 2007 Pulitzer Prize, 1992 National Book Award
- Spouse: Jennifer Winkley

American novelist Cormac McCarthy's most recent novel is the post-apocalyptic father-son adventure The Road. His previous novel, the western No Country for Old Men, was adapted into a motion picture directed by The Coen Brothers. The film was awarded Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2008 Oscars.
Notable Works
- The Orchard Keeper (1965)
- Outer Dark (1968)
- Child of God (1974)
- Suttree (1979)
- Blood Meridian (1985)
- All the Pretty Horses (1992)
- The Crossing (1994)
- Cities of the Plain (1998)
- No Country for Old Men (2005)
- The Road (2006)

Cormac McCarthy Images Powered by Flickr and Google
view more images...
Cormac McCarthy Videos Powered by YouTube
view more videos...
Cormac McCarthy on Amazon
- The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition) - $7.99
  
  NATIONAL BESTSELLERPULITZER PRIZE WINNERNational Book Critic's Circle Award FinalistA New York Times Notable Book<b...
  
  Amazon
- A Cormac McCarthy Companion: The Border Trilogy - $20.00
  
  With essays by Edwin T. Arnold, J. Douglas Canfield, Christine Chollier, George Guillemin, Dianne C. Luce, Jacqueline Scoones, Phillip A. Snyder, Nell Sullivan, and John Wegner...
  
  Amazon
- Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Modern Library) - $22.95
  
  "The fulfilled renown of Moby-Dick and of As I Lay Dying is augmented by Blood Meridian, since Cormac McCarthy is the worthy disciple both of Melville and Faulkner," writes esteeme...
  
  Amazon
- The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain (Everyman's Library) - $36.00
  
  Available together in one volume for the first time, the three novels of CormacMcCarthy's award-winning and bestselling Border Trilogy constitute a genuineAmeric...
  
  Amazon
- The Road - $14.95
  
  A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece.A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged ...
  
  Amazon
view more products...
Cormac McCarthy Questions

What do you think of Cormac McCarthy's novels? 1 Answer

I think his books beautifully written, but very stark in some ways. I think he's a really good writer, with good characterization, as well as imagery. All the ... read more

Book was awesome, where can I find reviews for the movie version of Cormac McCarthys The Road? 3 Answers

Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/news read more

Finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy again. What is your favorite book of the past decade? 2 Answers

Congrats on the reading of The Road, interesting. Here's come of my favorite books to read and re-read from the past several years. maybe you'll like them too :... read more

What is the timeline of Joseph McCarthys life? 1 Answer

Here you go, right from our out Mahalo Page. * November 14, 1908: Born in Grand Chute, Wisconsin * 1935: Graduated from Marquette University Law Sch... read more

view more questions...

ask any question

On Twitter Powered by Twitter
- Yeah! Woohooo! RT @picadorbooks: Cormac McCarthy's The Road named as best book of the decade in The Times: http://is.gd/52tCu
- The director of the movie based on Cormac McCarthy's novel "The Road," discusses discusses his post-apocalyptic film at 6:51a/8:51a
- RT @picadorbooks: Cormac McCarthy's The Road named as best book of the decade in The Times: http://is.gd/52tCu
- 'The Road,' based on Cormac McCarthy novel, stars Robert Duvall, Charlize ...: Examiner.com 'The Ro.. http://bit.ly/55rFWH
- RT @buzz: "The last instance of a thing takes the class with it." Who knew Cormac McCarthy was an object oriented programmer?
view more tweets...
Related Mahalo Pages