Thread: "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy quotes?
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Old 02-09-2011, 04:27 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
Understood.

I just don't view them as errors if it is done intentionally. I'm also sure the approval process was anything but tacit... I'm sure he had to fight tooth and nail with editors and publishers to get it printed the way he wanted.
My personal thought on this would be that the case would be stronger if this was a device that McCarthy adopted for a particular book. When you do it for all your books, to me, that is simply an affectation or a quirk that doesn't do a whole lot for his writing except make it harder to read.

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