Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy - The first few pages

The first few pages of Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. This is my favorite novel and has haunted me ever since I first listened to the audiobook over a year ago.

"The narrative follows a teenage runaway referred to only as "the kid", with the bulk of the text devoted to his experiences with the Glanton gang, a historical group of scalp hunters who massacred Indians and others in the United States--Mexico borderlands in 1849 and 1850. The role of antagonist is gradually filled by Judge Holden, a large, intelligent man depicted as entirely devoid of body hair and emblematic of violence and conflict.

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• Blood Meridian
• Cormac McCarthy
• the road
• country for old men
• evening redness in the west
• audiobook
• Judge Holden
• glanton gang

[floppykid]

Hearing it read so well is fantastic, but I'm pretty sure everyone agrees that reading it is intoxicating.

[sethdesade]

@floppykid Absolutely. I really loved the reader's tone and voice. I bought the book afterwards. I read it when I can, and listen to it when I work.

[MrAlbucrazy505]

And in him already broods a taste for mindless violence...

[floppykid]

@sethdesade

Listening to this, and rereading the Judge's last words to The Kid reveals some rather disturbing links.