Cormac McCarthy

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United States, Novelist
July 20, 1933

Cormac McCarthy (born Charles McCarthy; July 20, 1933) is an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He has written ten novels, spanning the Southern Gothic, Western, and post-apocalyptic genres.

Also known as Playwright, Screenwriter

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The judge placed his hands on the ground. He looked at his inquisitor. This is my claim, he said. And yet everywhere upon it are pockets of autonomous life. Autonomous. In order for it to be mine nothing must be permitted to occur upon it save by my dispensation.

Cormac McCarthy
- Life
- Judge
The martyr who longs for the flames can be no right candidate for them.

Cormac McCarthy