McC arthy, C ormac

Abstract

Cormac McCarthy is one of the most critically acclaimed and popularly successful writers in modern US fiction over the past 40 years. Most often set within the geographic South and West, his novels usually feature violent plots conveyed through dense prose and intertwined with philosophical and metaphysical investigations. His body of work spans numerous forms and genres, including 10 novels, two plays, and one screenplay, and his works have been adapted to the stage and screen, including No Country for Old Men (2005), which won the Academy Award for Best Film in 2007.