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Anonymous No.24849642 [Report] >>24849701 >>24852014 >>24852675
Every third word is made-up
Anonymous No.24849650 [Report] >>24849655 >>24849740 >>24849759 >>24849957 >>24849996 >>24852660
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
Anonymous No.24849655 [Report]
>>24849650
>Implying that only the confessional autobiographical novel is a valid one
Anonymouṡ No.24849701 [Report]
>>24849642 (OP)
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.
Anonymous No.24849740 [Report]
>>24849650
>he wasnt a real southerner
>he was educated and powerfully driven
So he was superior to, got it.
Anonymous No.24849759 [Report]
>>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.
Anonymous No.24849957 [Report]
>>24849650
>"proto woke"
I'll always laugh at Suttree refusing to call the transvestite anything other than "John"
Anonymous No.24849996 [Report]
>>24849650
>irish catholic by blood
Literally me
Anonymous No.24852014 [Report]
>>24849642 (OP)
kek I hate it too
Anonymous No.24852632 [Report]
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?".
Anonymous No.24852660 [Report]
>>24849650
>Friendly reminder that mccarthy wasn't even a real southerner
this is why i don't respect nabokov
Anonymous No.24852675 [Report] >>24852687
>>24849642 (OP)
how mindfucked by contemporary "culture wars" buzzwords do you have to be to call suttree "proto-woke"?
Anonymous No.24852687 [Report]
>>24852675
I'd say 7 or 8 out of 10 on the internet brainrot scale of mindfuckery.