The Road Cormac McCarthy.

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The Road Cormac McCarthy

Who is Cormac McCarthy? Cormac McCarthy was born in Rhode Island, NY on July 22, 1933 He is the 3rd child of six (He has 2 brothers and 3 sisters) McCarthy would have been a child of the Depression, WWII era These traumatic events shaped his writing to a degree Father was a well to do lawyer, so Cormac came from a good family

Cormac McCarthy (2) Originally named Charles (after his father), he renamed himself Cormac after the Irish King (Cormac is the Gaelic equivalent of "son of Charles“) Raised Roman Catholic. He attended Catholic High School in Knoxville, then went to the University of Tennessee in 1951-52

Cormac McCarthy (3) McCarthy moved around a lot living in Tennessee, Alaska, serving time in the Air Force, etc Left University to pursue writing, but ended up living paycheck to paycheck He was married three times

Cormac McCarthy (5) Has written ten novels The one you’re probably most familiar with is No Country for Old Men written in 2005 and a very successful film released in 2007 The work we are going to read is his latest, The Road This work won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for fiction and is a 2009 major movie release. http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Oprahs-Exclusive-Interview-with-Cormac-McCarthy-Video

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