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Old 11-06-2009, 08:21 PM   #78
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Some argue that McCarthy was being pretentious by taking a page out of e.e. cummings' playbook and refusing to use proper punctuation. I disagree with that assessment.

What I think he was trying to do was develop a stripped-down kind of diction, ....
You could say that, but it would be wrong. While I agree the style enhances the story, this style was not something he made up just for this novel, it is in fact his style style of writing that he's used most of his career, certainly in his novels I've read and the ones I have yet to get to. Given this comment I wonder if you've read any of his other works.
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