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Sep 3, 2022Liked by John Pistelli

Enjoyed this and your other writings on McCarthy's novels, to which I've devoted a little bit of attention as well: https://alexanderriley.substack.com/p/cornac-mccarthy-conservative-novelist

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Yes one discovers Jesus through excess and sin, this is a profound insight, and more souls would be saved if more churches were honest about this.

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Made me think of reading "Saints and Sinners" about the creation of Crime and Punishment, and then reading the novel itself. Fascinating. Also, re McCarthy: https://michaelmohr.substack.com/p/no-country-for-old-men

Michael Mohr

"Sincere American Writing"

https://michaelmohr.substack.com/

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I’ve wondered long about certain correspondences between McCarthy and Bolaño (and not only for their mutual fixations on borderlands).

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