Books by Dianne C. Luce
“There’s no biography of Cormac McCarthy, but I was trying to think what would be the one thing I’d recommend to read about McCarthy, and Dianne rises to the top—this book in particular. In it, she covers the Southern novels, up through Suttree, and she unpacks all of this historical background. It’s a masterful reading.” Read more...
The Best Cormac McCarthy Books
Stacey Peebles, Literary Scholar
Interviews where books by Dianne C. Luce were recommended
The Best Cormac McCarthy Books, recommended by Stacey Peebles
From All The Pretty Horses to Blood Meridian to The Road, American novelist Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023) was a titan of literary fiction for his philosophical, violent, often deeply moving novels. Cormac McCarthy expert Stacey Peebles introduces us to the author’s oeuvre—and tells us that despite its apocalyptic bleakness, The Road is actually McCarthy’s “happiest book.”
