Cormac McCarthy, bleak and brutal titan of American literature, dead at 89

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy, who wrote nihilistic and violent tales of the American frontier and post-apocalyptic worlds that enthralled and appalled readers, died on Tuesday at the age of 89, his representative confirmed to CBC News. Continue reading at 'CBC'

[ CBC | 2023-06-13 20:01:40 UTC ]
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Michael Denneny, Editor of 'And the Band Played On,' Dead at 80

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