Friendly reminder that mccarthy wasn't even a real southerner
he was a pampered yankee nepo baby
>yankee born, irish catholic by blood
>wealthy lawyers son, grew up in a large house and went to an upstanding high school
>degree in liberal arts at a good college
>urbanite who never experienced violence in his life
>proto woke (see suttree)
>chose to larp as a poor southern hillbilly

>>24849650
>Implying that only the confessional autobiographical novel is a valid one

>>24849642
He does make up a few words, usually by sticking two words together. He also resurrects archaisms. But he doesn't overdo it all that much.
If you're feeling overwhelmed after the first five pages — just stick with it. It cools down pretty quickly. Most of it is not that bad.

>>24849650
>he wasnt a real southerner
>he was educated and powerfully driven
So he was superior to, got it.

>>24849650
>wealthy lawyers son, grew up in a large house and went to an upstanding high school
>degree in liberal arts at a good college
Southerners can't be rich or educated?

>proto woke (see suttree)
The book with a character simply named "Nigger"

His only real larp was that he had never ridden a horse before.

>>24849650
>"proto woke"
I'll always laugh at Suttree refusing to call the transvestite anything other than "John"

>>24849650
>irish catholic by blood
Literally me

>>24849642
kek I hate it too

I recently finished this book and enjoyed it quite a bit. The vocabulary was pretty wild though, almost Blood Meridian levels of "what the fuck does that mean?".

>>24849650
>Friendly reminder that mccarthy wasn't even a real southerner
this is why i don't respect nabokov

>>24849642
how mindfucked by contemporary "culture wars" buzzwords do you have to be to call suttree "proto-woke"?

>>24852675
I'd say 7 or 8 out of 10 on the internet brainrot scale of mindfuckery.