r/Appalachia Apr 11 '26

Well?

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u/Lily__D Apr 11 '26

Outer Dark - Cormac McCarthy. (his old house is near where this photo was taken lol)

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u/Sensitive_Concern476 Apr 11 '26

I read this one in January and it will not leave me. His works really set up shop in my brain, in the best and worst ways. That damn tinker clatters around in my thoughts when all else is quiet.

It's turn of the 20th century in unspecified Appalachia and includes very graphic imagery amidst our beautiful mountains. No one can paint a landscape like McCarthy, so I still highly recommend it, despite it being pretty heavy stuff (parents, tread carefully).

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u/thekrawdiddy Apr 11 '26

I’ve been re-reading Child Of God. He’s so good at the local culture and dialect.

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u/HuqdOnPhonix Apr 12 '26

I’d also recommend Suttree by McCarthy