Cormac McCarthy: From penniless writer to one of the greatest authors of our time
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He gave few interviews, read ‘Moby Dick’ eight times a year, and overcame penury and heavy drinking to deliver 12 novels full of grit, beauty and violence. Martin Chilton remembers American novelist Cormac McCarthy, who has died at the age of 89
He gave few interviews, read ‘Moby Dick’ eight times a year, and overcame penury and heavy drinking to deliver 12 novels full of grit, beauty and violence. Martin Chilton remembers American novelist Cormac McCarthy, who has died at the age of 89
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Cormac McCarthy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'No Country For Old Men,' dies at 89
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Renowned Knoxville author Cormac McCarthy dies at 89
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My four years with Cormac McCarthy
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Cormac McCarthy remembered: 'His work will sing down the centuries', Books