McCarthy bagged numerous prizes over the decades, including a National Book Award and a Pulitzer. Some of his grim stories were controversial, winning him critics alongside the admirers.

McCarthy’s novel was turned into an indelible film by the Coen brothers, but get past that: The book is well worth revisiting. “No Country for Old Men” is a blood-dark meditation on the ...

McCarthy's debut novel, set in London, takes a clever conceit and pumps it up with vibrant prose to such great effect that the narrative's pointlessness is nearly a nonissue. The unnamed narrator ...

American novelist Cormac McCarthy's 12 books are widely considered some of the best literature of the modern canon, and he is often ranked among the greatest American writers ever. Charles Joseph ...