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Translations
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Bibliographies
- English: Dianne C. Luce maintains this bibliography; the most comprehensive bibliography of McCarthy criticism available in English. Last updated, 2007.
- French [PDF]: Contributed by Beatrice Trotignon, 1997.
- German [PDF]: Contributed by Georg Guillemin, 1997.
- Italian [PDF]: Contributed by Manuela Fiorotto, 2001.
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Related Links
- "Cormac McCarthy's Venomous Fiction." [link requires registration] This is the Cormac McCarthy interview. In 1992, shortly before the publication of All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy consented to be interviewed for a piece in the The New York Times Magazine. This interview is the most substantial one McCarthy has ever given.
- "Featured Author: Cormac McCarthy. From the Archives of The New York Times." [link requires registration] This page contains a link to the above-mentioned interview as well as links to an excerpt from Cities of the Plain and other Times articles about McCarthy.
- "He Felt at Home Here." In an article that seems destined to become something of a classic, Knoxville Metro Pulse writer Mike Gibson looks at McCarthy's non-Western canon as well as his life in and around Knoxville; the article includes interviews with several people who knew McCarthy during his East Tennessee days.
- "Searching for Suttree." Wes Morgan provides this collection of Suttree-related photos of Knoxville and environs.
- The Santa Fe Institute. Founded in 1984, the Institute has tasked itself with "creating a new kind of scientific research community, pursuing emerging science." McCarthy is listed on their Web site as "Researcher in Residence." Hint: assiduous searches may produce unexpected results.
- "Why You Should Read Cormac McCarthy." This 1996 essay, penned by Fiona Webster, suggests that Blood Meridian and Child of God might profitably be read as horror novels. Still waiting for Webster's promised elaboration on the books, but meanwhile, her site, Fiona's Fear and Loathing: A Space Devoted to Horror Literature is an interesting browse.
- "Cormac McCarthy at 70." A blogger's thoughts about McCarthy and "the violence of change," part of Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day.
- "Thoughts on Suttree by Cormac McCarthy." Though these are not McCarthy's thoughts on his novel, as the title portends, this article from Northwest Notes provides another example of a blogger's reflections.
- A Savage Season: A Tribute to Cormac McCarthy. Primarily photographs with a little music. Nicely done.
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Other Sites of Interest
- Constant Reader is quite simply the best site I know of on the Internet for book discussion. A diverse and friendly group, well worthy of your time. Be careful, though, as people have been known to become addicted to "CR."
- Random House. McCarthy's publisher through Blood Meridian.
- Alfred A Knopf. Publisher of McCarthy's novels from All the Pretty Horses to the present.
- The Ecco Press. When McCarthy was laboring in obscurity, The Ecco Press kept several of McCarthy's early books in print. Later, they published The Gardener's Son and The Stonemason.
- Jasper Fforde. If you haven't read Jasper Fforde, you should. If you haven't heard of Jasper Fforde, you owe it to yourself to visit his Web site. I'd say more, but that would spoil the fun.
- Robert A. Caro is the author of a biography of Robert Moses and of the (currently) three-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson. I mention his work not only because he's a brilliant writer, but also because his first LBJ book, The Path to Power, deals with Johnson's early life; those who are more interested in what it was like growing up in the Hill Country in Texas in the early 20th Century need look no further than the early sections of this book. Also, don't miss Kurt Vonnegut's interview of Caro.
- Dennis Lehane. A mystery-writer, one of the best out there.
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For Book Collectors
- abebooks.com
- BookFinder.com
- Ed Smith Books
- Ken Lopez, Bookseller
- Post Mortem Books
- Quill & Brush
- River Gardens Rare Books
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Updated 26 Oct 2009