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The Dark Room: Blood Meridian w/ Aaron Gwyn

Art of Darkness

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Cormac McCarthy's Dream

The judge is a larger than life character, mythic feeling and yet fully present. By the end of the novel, you don't say, oh, this is just corny. And like, how is that accomplished? What does it all mean? I think that it has something to do with the Shakespearean breath of life that McCarthy breathes into him.

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