Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

McCarthy, Cormac

ISBN 10: 039454482X / ISBN 13: 9780394544823

Published by Random House, 1985

About this Item

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words First Edition and correct number line printed on the copyright page. Excellent, unread copy of McCarthy s masterpiece, the fifth novel by the unrivaled Pulitzer Prize-winning author. The book block has 2 minor issues: on interior front pastedown, in lower right side is some scuffing (1 x ½ ); and a fairly light water stain(?) on the back board (see photo). Otherwise, the interior is like new, with no writing or marks, and the corners are square, the binding is tight and boards are crisp. No remainder mark. The two bottom corners of the jacket are chipped (see photo) and a very tiny tear at top of front jacket, and lastly, a 2 almost imperceptible crease at the right bottom of the front flap. Otherwise, the jacket is fine with vibrant colors. The corners of the jacket are perfectly square. Blood Meridian (1985) was among Time Magazine's poll of 100 best English-language books published between 1925 and 2005.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
• Publisher: Random House
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039454482X
• ISBN 13: 9780394544823
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Based on incidents that took place in the southwestern United States and Mexico around 1850, this novel chronicles the crimes of a band of desperados, with a particular focus on one, "the kid," a boy of fourteen

Review

McCarthy distances us not only from the historical past, not only from our cowboy-and-Indian images of it, but also revisionist theories that make white men the villains and Indians the victims. All men are unremittingly bloodthirsty here, poised at a peak of violence, the "meridian" from which their civilization will quickly fall. (New York Times Book Review)

Blood Meridian is his masterpiece . . . An astonishing sanguinary epic dealing with the Indian wars of the 1840s in West Texas and Mexico . . . Unlike anything I have ever read in recent years, an extraordinary, breathtaking achievement. (John Banville Observer)

McCarthy's achievement is to establish a new mythology which is as potent and vivid as that of the movies, yet one which has absolutely the opposite effect . . . He is a great writer. (Independent)

A bloody and starkly beautiful tale (Stephen Amidon Sunday Times)

Possibly the greatest American novel of the past 25 years. (Aleksandar Hemon, author of THE LAZARUS PROJECT and NOWHERE MAN)

Unlike anything I have read in recent years, an extraordinary, breathtaking achievement. (John Banville)