The Passenger by Cormac Mccarthy
A salvage diver, afraid of the watery deep, becomes involved in a conspiracy he cannot comprehend and is haunted by his family's dark past.
An appealing piece of work. . gripping, with plenty of reflection and evocation * Telegraph *
The Passenger is like a submerged ship itself; a gorgeous ruin in the shape of a hardboiled noir thriller . . . What a glorious sunset song . . . It’s rich and it’s strange, mercurial and melancholic * Guardian *
A moving and characteristically disconcerting addition to the oeuvre of one of America’s greatest writers * Irish Times *
[A] gripping story, written in McCarthy’s trademark acerbic style * i newspaper *
Kafka on the bayou * Observer *
Critics have detected the influence on him of Faulkner and Hemingway, but this is to understate his achievement. The Passenger shows that McCarthy belongs in the company of Melville and Dostoevsky, writers the world will never cease to need * New Statesman *
The Passenger is like a submerged ship itself; a gorgeous ruin in the shape of a hardboiled noir thriller . . . What a glorious sunset song . . . It’s rich and it’s strange, mercurial and melancholic * Guardian *
A moving and characteristically disconcerting addition to the oeuvre of one of America’s greatest writers * Irish Times *
[A] gripping story, written in McCarthy’s trademark acerbic style * i newspaper *
Kafka on the bayou * Observer *
Critics have detected the influence on him of Faulkner and Hemingway, but this is to understate his achievement. The Passenger shows that McCarthy belongs in the company of Melville and Dostoevsky, writers the world will never cease to need * New Statesman *
Cormac McCarthy was the author of many acclaimed novels, including Blood Meridian, Child of God and The Passenger. Among his honours are the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His works adapted to film include All the Pretty Horses, The Road and No Country for Old Men – the latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture. McCarthy died in 2023 in Santa Fe, NM at the age of 89.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330457422 |
| ISBN 10 | 033045742X |
| Title | The Passenger |
| Author | Cormac Mccarthy |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2022-10-25 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
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